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Opinion: EU deal is a good start - but we need more from Starmer in the future

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23.05.2025

It will make life easier for businesses, especially those in this part of the work linked to agriculture and the logistics industry, and for people who want to visit other parts of the continent - British passport holders will be treated just like other Europeans.

But he really only deserves two cheers because the agreement simply doesn't go far enough.

He'd have got two and a half cheers from me if he'd taken the more logical step of moving back into the customs union and single market - restoring the kind of access our business had before 2020.

But for the Fully Monty of three cheers it would have been good to see him have the courage to make the really necessary step of starting on the journey back to full membership.

Does anyone in this country really feel better off since the Brexit referendum unless your surname is Farage or Tice?

Where are these brilliant economic gains?

Whoopie doo we've signed trade deals with countries 8,000-12,000 miles away while........

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