All we need to do is wait for Boris to roll out the ‘Oven-ready Deal’ he promised he had lined up before the General Election, as described when he addressed workers at the Nissan Plant in Sunderland (that is now almost certain to close due to their not actually having been a Deal of any kind lined up):
“It’s absolutely vital we protect supply chains, we protect Nissan motors, and we make sure people continue to invest in our country. And they will.
“What I think businesses large and small want to see is certainty about the arrangements we can deliver.
“And the thing about the deal we’ve got ready-to-go is it does protect the supply chains, it keeps them intact, it makes sure we have complete equivalence when it comes to our standards, our industrial requirements and all the rest of it.
“So as we come out, it’s all protected.”
After all, the Tory Manifesto clearly stated that this Deal was “the only one on the table” and “puts the whole country on a path to a new free trade agreement with the EU”.