European leaders mulling Jersey compromise, defying Michel Barnier's line

European leaders would not want Britain to benefit overall by leaving their club –and the price they want it to pay is becoming clear. The Centre for European Reform's trade wonk Sam Lowe tells me that the White Paper (which fleshed out Mrs May’s Chequers plan) "almost gets to Jersey", but that Mrs May would be expected to "accept that potential future divergence is not on the table" over goods....Sam Lowe, from the Centre for European Reform, isn’t too optimistic about a compromise from European leaders though. They would want her to "give up on the idea of a facilitated customs partnership - at least in practice - and accept the UK would be in a customs union", he said.