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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Policy editor

Critics of closer trading alignment with EU seem to be losing their voice

European Union Michael Gove Nick ThomasSymonds Nigel Farage Cabinet Office Sir Keir Starmer Spectator Thomas More in Common
Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Cabinet Office minister, with the editor of the Spectator, Michael Gove
Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Cabinet Office minister, left, and the editor of the Spectator, Michael Gove, at the magazine’s offices on Wednesday. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Asked in 2020 whether the UK would accept aligning with EU business regulations, Michael Gove, the then Cabinet Office minister, said bluntly: “We will not trade away our sovereignty.”

Sitting next to his Labour successor, Nick Thomas-Symonds, on Wednesday, the now editor of the Spectator was more circumspect.

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