Staying in a customs union after Brexit won’t resolve the Irish border issue | Pascal Lamy

Labour’s proposal may not be as simple as it seems: a customs union is favourable but comes with downsidesCommon sense has at last prevailed. The UK parliament has rejected the prospect of a no-deal Brexit and stepped back from the cliff edge. But while the limited extension of the article 50 timetable postpones the threat of no deal until the end of October, it does not remove it. Unless parliament can reach agreement about how to break the impasse, the new cliff edge will soon come into