So hard Brexit it is

[jamesbrown]

I don't think that's correct. To be in the EEA, you have to either be in the EU or in EFTA. We are not in EFTA and once we leave the EU, we will not be in that either. So we wouldn't be in the EEA.

(Personally, I think the 'Flexcit' approach preached by eureferendum.com - i.e. EFTA membership, so being in the EEA - is the way forwards. We voted to leave the political European Union, we didn't vote to leave the EEA, that we weren't asked about)

That isn't what they meant. They are talking about the formal notification process and whether a vote is required in Parliament. It's pointless us arguing about that, because we aren't lawyers and there's a court case pending. However, in practice, it's moot, as I said, because a final vote will happen anyway. Basically, both the A50 and A127 cases have very little practical significance now w/r to the end state, but they may have an impact on timing (which I guess you could stretch to an impact on state, i.e. the continuity Bremoan delay strategy, but highly unlikely).