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1/ Before the referendum, the IEA held a prize to see who could come up with the best brexit plan. The winning entry and others were released as a book:
2/ the background of the competition is outlined:
3/ the winning entry seems to advocate a hybrid of the various models:
4/ see
5/ the prize-winner emphasises repeatedly the importance of rejoining efta:
6/ he describes his 'best case scenario'
7/ another essay in the same book goes further and openly advocates a slightly tweaked version of Efta/EEA:
8/ the author, prominent leave campaigner Robert Oulds, wrote:
9/ also before the referendum, Dr Richard North wrote his brexit plan (the Norway option) which evolved into his more detailed 'Flexcit' plan brugesgroup.com/images/media_c…
10/ Dr North has released various iterations of his plan under different names: [the Norway option/Flexcit/The Market solution] - all involve a phased, sensible brexit based around membership of EFTA and the European Economic Area (EEA) eureferendum.com/themarketsolut…
11/ In addition to the documents we have covered so far, there was also a book by MEP David Campbell-Bannerman, still available on Amazon: amazon.co.uk/Time-Jump-Posi…
12/ this book also advocated a modified version of Efta/EEA
13/ he also suggested we would make substantial financial savings:
14/ But what about 'The Bible' of leave? The Change or Go report produced by Matthew Elliott who went on to run the official Leave campaign?
15/ This document praises the Norway option highly -
16/ Very highly indeed:
17/ In conclusion (if anyone is still awake) the idea that leavers all voted for 'No deal' is absolute rubbish and complete revisionism. The mainstream pre-referendum view amongst leavers was that we would achieve some kind of super-Switzerland or Norway with opt outs. QED /End
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