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| The reason for this was that what they were proposing from the get-go was impossible, it's just nobody wants to see or admit this; least of all Brexiteers who are determined to pull the country into oblivion just to save face. | |
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It would have been possible if they'd gone into the negotiations with a Plan B (i.e. prepare for no deal and with prepare to turn the UK into a low tax low regulation economy). With this as a backstop the UK could have made reasonable demands.