Brexit Betrayal March

[BlasterBates]

Sovereignty can be most inconvenient.

Lets face it "Real" Brexit went out the window when the "yoof" unexpectedly turned out for the 2017 election.

[Old Greg]

Sovereignty can be most inconvenient.

Lets face it "Real" Brexit went out the window when the "yoof" unexpectedly turned out for the 2017 election.

Alternatively, leaving the EU and joining an EFTA type arrangement would satisfy the outcome of the democratic vote.

[NotAllThere]

Alternatively, leaving the EU and joining an EFTA type arrangement would satisfy the outcome of the democratic vote.

But will EFTA have us?

[Mordac]

Parliament are exercising their sovereignty.

Parliament are exercising their sovereignty to ensure they have less sovereignty. They need to make the most of this week, they won't be able to overturn much else in the future.

[Mordac]

But will EFTA have us?

They have us currently. I do agree that EFTA should have been near the top of the list when we started the process, it's not perfect but it's far more palatable than EU membership.

[meridian]

They have us currently. I do agree that EFTA should have been near the top of the list when we started the process, it's not perfect but it's far more palatable than EU membership.

Do they?

Business Insider seems to think differently:

Explained: EFTA, the EEA, and why even some Brexiteers are now embracing the Norway model - Business Insider

The UK quit EFTA in 1972

[BlasterBates]

Jacob Rees-Mogg now admitting that he'll vote for the deal even though it's bad, and once it is agreed that's it for a generation.

Sums up Brexit. It is basically bad.

[meridian]

They have us currently. I do agree that EFTA should have been near the top of the list when we started the process, it's not perfect but it's far more palatable than EU membership.

Do they?

Business Insider seems to think differently:

Explained: EFTA, the EEA, and why even some Brexiteers are now embracing the Norway model - Business Insider

Regardless of whether we’re currently in EFTA or not, though, presumably this means that you’re in favour of May’s Deal?

Gets us out of the EU, with a two-year transition period where we could move formally into EFTA?

[BlasterBates]

May's deal is so similar to EFTA it might as well be. The only difference is that "freedom of movement" will be replaced by "labour mobility". This is nothing more than a cosmetic difference not a great deal different to Switzerland or Norway. The UK will be closely aligned to the EU customs union on goods.

[NotAllThere]

They have us currently.

Do they?

Business Insider seems to think differently:

Explained: EFTA, the EEA, and why even some Brexiteers are now embracing the Norway model - Business Insider

So does the EFTA! The EFTA States | European Free Trade Association
Information about the EFTA Member States: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.