Ed Davey urges Starmer to join new EU customs union to defend against Trump tariffs
Ed Davey will urge Sir Keir Starmer to negotiate a UK-EU customs union to “turbocharge the economy” and strengthen the UK’s hand against possible tariffs from president-elect Donald Trump.
Giving a speech in London on Thursday, the Liberal Democrat leader will say such a deal would help the UK to negotiate with Mr Trump “from a position of strength”.
Perhaps not as loopy as it sounds because Rachel from Accounts could be head of the negotiating team. That could keep her away from the UK economy until 2029. She could have an office there, make it a permanent move.
3 comments:
I thought Starmer was already "turbocharging the economy" through the introduction of AI. I don't know how many different turbochargers the economy can take, but I hope that someone has checked out the owner's manual to check that everything is compatible. In particular, I'm worried that if they are both fitted on the same side, we could end up going in circles.
I know, let's chain ourselves to a corpse. That will impress them.
[sarcasm]
Sam - good point, we also need to know if the turbochargers are zero carbon electric turbochargers with a decent range.
DJ - yes, Ed is impressive like that, although in a sense, he is already chained to the Lib Dem corpse - so maybe it needs the Frankenstein treatment. Or maybe a new head.
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