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Liam Fox confirms de facto remain position

Posted by seumasach on December 13, 2017

“What I want to see is a full and comprehensive agreement on trade that’s as close to what we have today as possible,” said Fox, an ally of outspoken Brexit advocates like Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. “If you had a very open and liberal agreement that’s virtually identical to what we have today, for example, then the transitional period wouldn’t need to be as long or as difficult as if it was to something different.”[my italics]

Quoted in Bloomberg

13th December, 2017

Liam Fox, arch-Eurosceptic and Atlanticist confirms that the government have adopted a de facto remain position confirming my own analysis.

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