A brilliant plan has now been drawn up to enable Britain to withdraw in a thoroughly constructive and friendly way, over time, from the more restrictive aspects of the European Union.
This plan allows Britain to have more control over its immigration policy and ensures a trade future with the continent of Europe that will be smooth and almost frictionless. Furthermore, it offers the opportunity to solve the problem of the border between the northern (U.K.) part of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the south in a manner that does not reignite violence. And perhaps most valuable of all, it allows Britain to open direct and detailed commercial negotiations with the great markets of the future in Asia, Africa and the Americas.
In gardening terms, this plan carefully disentangles Britain and the EU, which have been growing together like two interweaving climbing plants for the past 46 years, with careful pruning and minimum damage to either side.