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Simon Wardley #NfN #EEA @swardley
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X : Are you in favour of EEA / EFTA route?
Me : Err? How many times? Yes. But EEA docked to EFTA pillar, as per Yarrow - rpieurope.org/Publications/E…
X : But doesn't that mean ...
Me : Have you read the paper?
X : No, I don't have time.
Me : Well then, I don't have time to answer.
X : But people voted to leave EU.
Me : EEA docked to EFTA pillar doesn't conflict with that. We will have left EU.
X : There will still be freedom of movement.
Me : And?
X : Leavers voted to end freedom of movement.
Me : I'm a leaver. I voted to end membership of EU not FoM.
X : But leavers voted to end freedom of movement.
Me : Really? The no.1 issue was about democracy & sovereignty. EEA / docked to EFTA gives us that. I'm sorry if that doesn't fit into your narrative, I suggest talking to more leavers rather than your own bubble.
X : But leaving the EU ends freedom of movement.
Me : I think you'll find that EEA / EFTA might disagree with that. Anyway, I have other things to do.
X : But ...
Me : But nothing. As far as I am concerned EEA docked to EFTA is the sensible path. Unfortunately it has a minority of support, we have some on the leave side who don't want to compromise and many on the remain side who see the only option is to remain in the EU.
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X : Predictions for 2019?
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X : Go on.
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X : Acquisitions.
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