The Guardian view on the EU trade deal: a rational step forward | Editorial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The 41% of UK goods exported to the EU, worth £358bn, are more than is sent to the US and India combined - making this by far the most important of this month's trade deals.
56% : Given the weakness of the economy, Sir Keir may yet come to rue his decision to capitulate to anti-immigration sentiment, rather than counter it.
47% : If Sir Keir wants to effectively unpick the damage done to the country since Brexit, he will have to paint a picture of why an outward-looking, interconnected UK is more likely to succeed.
43% : So much remains to be worked out in Sir Keir Starmer's deal with the EU that it must be regarded as a staging post rather than a final destination.
42% : For ministers, any hint of an interest in rejoining the EU remains taboo.
38% : A group of around 60 Labour MPs is rightly pushing for the government to be more ambitious, emboldened by polling showing that most voters now think Brexit was a mistake.
36% : Fewer checks on exports, including meat, will benefit UK food producers, particularly the smaller ones that were worst affected by Brexit.
26% : Increased cooperation on defence is significant and timely, given the ramping up of geopolitical instability under Donald Trump - although British arms businesses will have to go on pushing for access to the EU's £150bn fund.

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