Unfortunately I still think the so called Norway plus option is the likeliest outcome where we stay in the single market and currency union. This would be total travesty of a Brexit. Andrew Lilico in the Telegraph puts it well.
So the EU would still set our laws, do our international agreements for us, set our tariffs, control our borders, command our police, and so on. Maybe we’d get not to participate in some annual cultural exchange programme, and of course we’d no longer have to send MEPs to Strasbourg or Brussels.
But in everything of importance we’d still be in the EU, just without getting to vote any more. It’s difficult to imagine how MPs think UK voters will accept that that is truly leaving the EU. I don’t believe I’ve ever encountered anyone who said to me “You know, the big problem with the EU is we just have too much influence over what goes on there. If we could just stop the UK from having votes at the Council of Ministers and no longer have any MEPs representing our interests, it’d all be fine.”







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