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The fact that trade with the EU is down 30% doesn't scream problem to me, instead it shows just how inflexible the EU is as a trading block
Yeah this is a really annoying take on it.
Trade is only ever completely free when there is a single market, and you can't have that without regulatory conformity (unless neither side cares about anything that might regulate what's sold in that market - which is the case in basically every developed market, as we don't like kids toys made of lead, food full of dangerous additives, etc).
Maybe you're just trying to wind people up, but this is just a logical consequence of not wanting to be part of that single market.
It's not as if the EU is uniquely inflexible - other places we sell to have similar rules on imports, but we just didn't use to have higher levels of trade.
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I think what we see now (43% majority) is the effect of the Remain side having previously done a poor job of making their point.
The fact that trade with the EU is down 30% doesn't scream problem to me, instead it shows just how inflexible the EU is as a trading block.