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What's so frustrating is the whole thing is so utterly undefinable, because bar not being an EU member, there is no concensus on what our relationship should look like. A Swiss deal is problematic because the EU doesn't like it (and probably wouldn't give us), and it goes back to the rule-taker issue that being a non-member entails.
From a strategy pov I'd guess Starmer's thought process is something along the lines of;
- Someone in no11 has briefed on the possibility of a Swiss style deal, so get the shit rags to slag this government off and give me a bit of non-negative coverage.
- Non-Tories will probably see the cynicism behind this chat / understand why I don't want to go there.
- You force this government to acknowledge that freedom of movement is a positive thjng and start building a news cycle and discourse around the topic.
Given recent polling I think he might be being over cautious. Or even worse be missing public sentiment on this. But I can absolutely see why you'd leave the problem to the current government to navigate.
- Someone in no11 has briefed on the possibility of a Swiss style deal, so get the shit rags to slag this government off and give me a bit of non-negative coverage.
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@amey
okay which one of you is going to tell me that I am wrong this time?