Nobody is happy with Theresa May's withdrawal agreement. To Remainers like myself, it's simply worse than EU membership. To Leavers, it represents the UK tied to the EU rules in perpetuity without any say in them, and with no real power to unilaterally withdraw. As expected, it confirms the December 2017 joint report , that the UK will be bound to the rules of the EU custom's union and internal market until replaced by future agreements. The EU have made a big concession is allowing the UK as a whole to remain in the customs union, when they only really wanted to extend this to Northern Ireland. From Britain's perspective, this is actually a really good deal. The threat of breaking up the union, the threat of no-deal chaos, and a cliff-edge on the negotiations is lifted. Of course, Britain's influence in Europe is gone, but that was always going to be the case. Industry can now continue to trade unimpeded for a while. Great Britain (probably) has the option to