The Guardian view on the EU customs union: stay, don’t shadow | Editorial

The government’s Brexit position papers are not focused on what’s best for Britain but on trying to survive this autumn’s Tory party conferenceIt is impossible not to be both cynical and angry about the government’s “future partnership paper” on customs arrangements with the EU, which was published on Tuesday. Like the other papers on Brexit themes that are expected from Whitehall in the coming days, this one seems less concerned with its ostensible purpose, U