Hard cases make bad law – and every law has a cheerleader.Īnd divergence enables us to compete internationally, which is why the EU will do its utmost to prevent it. The Government has gone into reverse on tax but, in the long run, will be forced to come to its senses, including on Net Zero tax and subsidies.Ĭutting red tape offers a huge opportunity but also the most politically difficult.
Under Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch this has been pursued with vigour – the latest move being the UK’s long-term game-changing membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). the ability to cut external tariffs and to make trade arrangements with whoever we like.
It also offered to enable us to pursue the big three economic benefits: trade deals, tax cuts and regulatory divergence. It stopped us having to pay an EU membership fee which would now be well in excess of £22 billion a year. John Longworth is a businessman and entrepreneur, Chairman of the Foundation for Independence and of the Independent Business Network, and a former MEP for the Brexit Party and the Conservatives.īrexit provided us with the invaluable ability to have democratic self-determination.
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