"The principle is the backstop which traps us into following EU customs tariffs until the EU gives us permission to leave the customs union... we have to find a different solution."
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Tory leadership: Backstop 'has to change or go', says Hunt BBC News (2 July 2019)
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Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (born 1 November 1966) is a British politician serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer from October 2022 to the 2024 general election. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from July 2018, after Boris Johnson resigned from the post, but was replaced when Johnson replaced Theresa May as prime minister. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Surrey since 2005.
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