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Originally Posted by redwhiteandblue
Yes I know I was getting a bit confused between the status of the EEA and EFTA, the point is though that it's not certain if we would remain in the EEA when we leave the EU because no-one else has done it before.
I never said or thought that we would not be in it, it's always been one of the options (the so-called "Norway" option). What I think will decide it is the sheer complexity of disentangling ourselves from all the EU legislation in the two years we will have. I don't think that can be done in one go.
If we rejoin EFTA and remain in the EEA it completely changes the dynamic of those two groups. That means that we can continue to persue changes and eventually get all the things we wanted, as other countries decide to join us rather than continuing along the path of EU integration.
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Staying in the single market and closing the borders would be the number one goal in any negotiations.
Germany, France and Italy have said it will never happen so work that one out.
Cameron knows has handed a poison chalice to the next PM. He knows that the next PM will have to sign off on a deal that destroys the economy, or indefinitely delay the Chapter 50 call with the inevitable squealing from Farage et al.
It is a fucking unnecessary mess that will not deliver what the leave vote were promised.
The Empire is gone and nostalgia does not pay the bills. Unless you are a dried up old migrant pornographer.