Fortunately, we saw the error of our ways and changed our policy on that, and it's not been our policy now for 13 years. So, yes, nice look into the past.

However, mirroring Mr Corbyn's terminology, the First Minister has now slipped in the meaningless term 'a customs union' instead of 'the customs union', knowing full well that the Prime Minister is committed to a customs arrangement, and that whatever terminology we use for this, it is currently irrelevant in terms of the withdrawal deal.

It is technically correct for Labour and Plaid Cymru to keep stating that the withdrawal agreement does not guarantee that the UK would stay in a customs union. That's only because the withdrawal agreement is not designed to address our future trade relationship with the EU. Although the withdrawal agreement says the EU and the UK have a common objective of a close future relationship that would build on a single customs territory, this is for negotiation during the transition period agreed as part of the Prime Minister's deal.

In the real world, the UK reclaimed No. 1 position in the world's soft power league table last year. When people voted to leave the EU, they were voting for control. This is not about a soft Brexit or a hard Brexit but an open Brexit—one that ensures that the UK is still turned outwards and more engaged with the world than ever before. It remains overwhelmingly in the interests of both the UK and the EU to agree a friendly free trade deal and custom arrangements. If we can just get it right, then we can end up with a deep and special relationship with the EU—a strong European Union, buttressed by and supporting a strong and global UK, and still trading and co-operating closely with each other too. I just regret that so many people have put so much time and effort in seeking to frustrate that.