With regard to Brexit, what would U.K. 'Temporary customs unit' with EU look like?

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-customs-arrangements-a-future-partnership-paper

Brits need respond to questions about their inner motivation for Brexit

· Why is Britain’s hard line Brexiteers asking for privileges with the EU but with none of the responsibilities?

· Do Brits think they are more equal than other EU members?

· UK suggests 'untested' customs system with EU. Borders erected for people but not for goods?

· Britain wants a temporary customs union with EU but Brexit will face a fight from Brussels and Ireland.

· During this period, it would also want to negotiate its own international trade deals - something that cannot be done as an EU customs union member.

Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator, has tweeted: "To be in & out of the Customs Union & "invisible borders" is a fantasy. First need to secure citizen’s rights & a financial settlement”, and the size of the UK's "divorce bill" - need to be agreed first.

Opposition politicians criticized May’s government for wanting to have "their cake and eat it too", while pro-Brexit campaigners said Britain was taking a "defeatist attitude" by accepting it could not implement new trade deals during the interim period. However, former Labor's PM, Tony Blair has said repeatedly the process of Brexit can and should be stopped. Brexit supporters want to control arrivals of workers, as they accuse migrants of taking jobs, undermining wages and overloading public services – never mind that foreign-born workers have a major participation in running hospitals, doctors' surgeries and other vital services to the overall economy.

Joining The European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which governs free trade between Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, would allow the U.K. to apply for membership in the European Economic Area (EEA), that grants free access to the EU’s single market. This option which is often dubbed the “Norway model” would preserve current trade ties with the EU.

Boris Johnson, loud proponent of Brexit has been backpedaling some of his hard-line Brexit stances by saying that “with goodwill and imagination, it could be done” —referring to free movement of EU nationals

But adopting EFTA rules is a toxic idea for many hard-line Brexiteers because it would require the U.K. to accept the four founding EU freedoms of goods, services, people and capital. And these issues were central motivation for many people to vote for Brexit like taking back control of immigration policy. The U.K. would also have to fully implement EU laws and regulations while not having a say in drafting or vetoing them.

Guntram Wolff, director of Bruegel, an influential Brussels-based think tank recently stated that although “EFTA’s members are not directly bound by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the Luxembourg-based EFTA court, which largely follows the jurisdiction of the ECJ, does have oversight.”

Officials in Brussels think that once the reality of a “hard Brexit” sinks in where British manufacturers and industry associations see it coming closer, the U.K. might look at the Norway option, at least as a temporary solution.

The view has arisen from recent British government backtracking from earlier hard-line stance on Brexit. British Prime Minister Theresa May, has indicated that free movement of EU citizens post-Brexit could be permitted as both sides “implement” their future relationship. When asked about the chances of a transitional Norway-style relationship, a government spokesperson in London did not rule out such a possibility.

Nevertheless, this would be an imperfect solution as the proposal comes with some kinks for the EU. British membership in EFTA would also come with a chair for a British judge within the EFTA court, which would lead to concerns about a conflict of interest. For example the misbehavior of a British bank where London could end up threatening the enforcement of EU law.