Does Boris Johnson’s deal Take Back Control of our borders, our laws, our trade and our money? Yes, on balance it does, despite the doubts. After the transition period we leave the Single Market and Customs Union, can cut tariffs, negotiate trade deals and change our own rules, regulations and taxes. We will have our own immigration policy. Our EU contributions stop after the exit fee and the transition period. The deal also changes the whole basis for negotiating the long term UK-EU agreement. We will be free to walk out without a deal if they demand too much. Under the May deal, we would have had to agree to anything the EU demanded, to get out of the Customs Union. Provisions which could subordinate much of our business rules and our defence and security policies to the EU have been moved out of the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) to the Political Declaration (PD), where they are non-binding. They are expressed in more open language, no longer assuming alignment with EU rules. However t...