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Former MP Denis McShane has scuttled out from under his rock to try to discredit the Iceland🇮🇸/Norway #brexit model efta/EEA. Who is this man?
Denis MacShane (born Denis Matyjaszek) was reported to the police over his expenses claims bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk…
He was found guilty and jailed: theguardian.com/politics/2013/…
As the order-order website reported: order-order.com/2017/02/03/iro…
But it is his misrepresentation of the EEA/EFTA Norway option we find most objectionable.
First off, the claim that efta/eea members obey all EU rules, which we have debunked before: efta4uk.eu/wp-content/upl…
Secondly the claim that the efta/EEA countries come under the ecj. They don't. They come under the efta court. theguardian.com/politics/2016/…
The only really truthful bit of McShane's rant is that a 'pure' Norway model wouldn't solve the Irish border, which we recognize and have addressed here. /end efta4uk.eu/wp-content/upl…
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1. We present to you; for your humble consideration two futures. Each at this moment both equally likely.
2. Future one: the UK strikes the best deal with the EU based on efta precedents. We join Switzerland and Iceland in efta.
3. The UK goes from strength to strength signing trade deals around the world. We take back essential sovereignty.
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1. Though I am an advocate of the EEA, I do not welcome the meddlesome interjections by @nickboles. He is a bluffer and he does not understand the EEA system - and because of that he will cock up the arguments and create more unnecessary opposition. (#Brexit thread)
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1. This whole debacle is stupid. This is all on the Tory phobia of being a rule taker. This is the issue illiteracy that both sides suffer from. the fact is that unless you are a regulatory superpower you are a rule taker. The only question is how and from where?

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1. Here is a #Brexit thread for the benefit of @ProfBrianCox so that he does not make the same elementary mistakes again. The single market is a regulatory union comprised of EU members and three efta states not including Switzerland.
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