Britain will diverge from EU regulations post-Brexit - David Davis

Union Flags and European Union flags fly near the Elizabeth Tower, housing the Big Ben bell, during the anti-Brexit 'People's March for Europe', in Parliament Square in central London, Britain September 9, 2017. REUTERS/Tolga Akmen

LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit secretary David Davis said on Sunday Britain's rules and regulations will diverge from those set by the European Union after Brexit because the government "will do things our own way". As a member of the EU, Britain must meet the rules and regulations of the bloc to have full access to the single market and frictionless trade. "We start at the same position, but we will manage the divergence," Davis told the BBC's Andrew Marr television show. "Of course we will diverge, we will do things our own way." (Reporting by Elizabeth Piper and William James; editing by Jason Neely)