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Johnson’s deal is predicated on the fiction that Britain has more to gain from new trade deals with faraway countries than from maintaining frictionless trade with our nearest neighbours, which already account for half our trade, as part of the world’s most powerful trading bloc. The government’s own figures show that a hard Brexit – outside the customs union and single market – will leave every household more than £2,000 poorer..

 Here’s why Boris Johnson’s plans have every chance of falling apart | Tom Kibasi | Opinion | The Guardian