You are right Mr Rt Hon Nick Thomas Symonds MP Labour Torfaen Minister for EU Relations, "alignment" is not a dirty word. It is (rather) an empty word, meaningless to pro-Brexit, pro-Rejoin & EU functionaries alike. It is a turgid Organ McWeenyism that tries, & fails, to be all things to all people, successfully antagonising all of them, now overdue for discarding (like its originator).
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