I really can't get this through. It's because of the UK press and inept journalism. The Agreement between the EU and the Uk is decided and agreed. The rules aren't going to change.
They rules were never going to change, (assuming you are referring to EU requirements) that is not the issue, the decision was taken to leave a developing
political entity that had once been
solely a trading block and we left, that is the history bit.
Trade will suffer in some areas that is true and the country will have to take account of whether that will be a 'forever loss' of markets for us, and/or a 'forever' a loss of markets in the UK to the EU. However,
'events' (as Macmillan noted) occur, and these 'events' will change over time and will be influenced by many things, including how both the EU and the UK is governed. As developments elsewhere in areas (not just Trade) as yet undefined, e.g. the real impact of climate changes and the nuisances in political changes/affiliations occurring in both the northern and southern hemispheres, will influence events and ultimately trade issues.
When the UK joined the EEC it got a 'kick up the backside' in many ways, because it need it, now the UK has left the EU it will receive another kick up the backside, this time it will be a double whammy, trade and massive debt.
Now this is a bit of flag waving I admit, but this country does best when its up against it, we have a way of buckling down etc. we have after all survived 14 years of Tory smoozing and profit-taking, but sooner or later one Government, probably the next one, is going to have to be brutally honest with its citizens.
I suspect Starmer is lining up to be the one who breaks the bad news... but he wants a very large majority in Parliament to enable him to batten-down the hatches and forced down the medicine.
Ergo, the question is how is the UK going to develop a stable growing economy having cut off their prime customers and suppliers;
I think it will need to be via an agreed agenda... a
'social contract'.... limited to specific things the
majority of the public need, and would by and large support. The contract would be designed to last over
three parliamentary terms with both
in contract and
end of term evaluation... this last form of evaluation being via GE, that either ends the government/contract, or renews for another term.