The pro EU parties who want us to join the Customs Union do not seem to understand what a Customs Union does. The EU one would put up UK prices, harm UK business competitiveness and undermine our flourishing trade with the rest of the world .
If we joined we would need to put tariffs back on a wide range of goods from non EU. We took many tariffs off when we left. We took all tariffs off goods we cannot make or grow for ourselves. Why pay more for them with no home industry to try to protect? We got rid of tariffs on imports needed by UK business as raw materials and components. Tariffs on those raise UK business costs and make our finished goods dearer.It would be self harm to reverse our tariff removals.
If we joined we could no longer negotiate our own Free Trade deals with the rest of the world. We might have to tear up our successful and important trade deals with the Trans Pacific Partnership, with India, Australia, New Zealand, Caribbean countries and others. This would damage trade and relations with important and growing markets.
We would lose our right to speak and vote as a full member of the World Trade Organisation which regulates world trade, as the EU handles that brief and would make us follow their tariff decisions.
The purpose of the high EU tariffs is to protect farms and factories on the continent offering product that would not be competitive without a high tariff on the global competitors. The UK is primarily an importer of goods and food from the EU, not an exporter to them. It is not in the UK interest to have these suppliers protected by high tariffs and charging high prices.
The UK mainly sells services which are not subject to tariffs in most places . The UK needs to be able to sign good trade deals with strong clauses on services. The EU did not help us with that when we were members.
October 6, 2026
The EU did not help us with that when we were members.
All the bloody EU wanted from us was our money to give to there poor and failed economy nothing more nothing less, French President Charles de Gaulle didn’t want us to be members to the dreaded EU we should have taken that as a omen
October 6, 2026
The SMMT reports that 350,536 new cars were registered in the UK in September
A record 99,201 (28.3% market share) battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were registered in the UK during the crucial plate-change month of September 2026, marking a significant 36.3% increase compared to the same period last year.
Out of a total 350,536 vehicles, 185,321 electrified power train models represented 52.9% of the total UK car market for the month.
EV sales across the EU also reached record volumes so far in 2026, with 1.64 million sold in the January-to-August period – up 45% year-on-year. EVs made up 22% of the market during this period, six points higher than the same period last year
Model choice was up 50% in a single year as carmakers expanded their line-ups to meet EU emissions targets. The best performer was Volkswagen, which rolled out a number of new affordable EVs, such as the all-electric Polo.
European carmakers dominated the EV offering with nearly 60% of available models, adding 16 in the first half of 2026. Chinese carmakers held 21% and added 11 models.
There can be no doubt that the massive global price gouging by the global fossil fuel cartel (particularly diesel) is driving (no pun intended 🙂 increasing numbers of vehicle buyers to EV’s. ICE cars and with them refinery output are now rapidly on the way out and we can all look forward to breathing clean air in our towns and cities sooner
Reply It is government policy imposing huge taxes on oil, petrol and diesel and the collapse of the UK refineries from dear energy that is driving this change, with lots of angry consumers as a result. What comes next is tax on using EV s to make up for lost fossil fuel tax. Tax is 86 p on a £2 litre of diesel. How much tax will they need from an EV?
October 6, 2026
Whatever tax they levy on EVs will be irrelevant when there is no electricity to be had at any price.
Mrs Gold will go orchard shopping on a noisy, dirty, old diesel bus … along with the rest of the world.
October 6, 2026
Neither the EU nor our UK parties have helped us with anything..We voted mainly to stop illegal migration and modify legal immigration.The Tories didn’t help at all.We are in a dire state of affairs.
If we voted for our own laws we should pass those laws which serve the UK people.