The Telegraph, May 19, Charles Moore
Should Covid-19 delay the completion of our post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union? Parliament legislated that the deal must be done by December 31, but the argument is that Britain will be so flat on its face because of the virus that it will need the continuing shelter of European single-market and customs-union rules to survive.
It is indeed true that our economy is being knocked sideways by the virus. But so is that of the EU. It is important to note that while the economic damage is bad for both, the existential damage is much greater for the EU than it is for Britain.
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In the post-Covid struggles, Boris Johnson will need to look to his political base, battered by horrifying prospects of taxes and borrowing. At the weekend, the new Centre for Brexit Studies produced a report and a poll. Sixty-one per cent of Conservatives want no extension to the transition period. Only 24 per cent of the population thinks the transition period is too short.
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