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It looks like Mrs May is stitching some deal up with the Tories based on a Customs Union. I'm not surprised, as her Withdrawal Agreement contains one and the Future Declaration actually makes it the most likely end point.

When I consider the various types of BRINO that Remainers can cobble together to make the UK as "rejoin ready" as they can, the Customs Union element is probably the worst of them.

I have never heard a proper case put for it. Labour politicians just come out with slogans like "to protect jobs" without explaining how it might protect jobs.
It won't.
I don't think they appreciate how it would work in practice.


EEA works to a degree for Norway. Interestingly the Norwegians are likely in the future to withdraw from EEA to a FTA.
There is increasing discomfort at the creeping nature of EU regs on the Norwegian economy and business.
EEA is after all a mechanism devised as a stepping stone for joining countries and Norway is clearly not joining.

There is certainly no appetite for Norway joining the Customs Union.

EEA for the UK would be more palatable for most leavers. It does come with freedom of movement, but there are ways to deal with that within the EEA.

I'm not advocating it, but I'm surprised that EEA isn't the BRINO at the top of the list. I assume that's because both Tories and Labour see ending freedom of movement as key to future electoral success, which I think is an error.