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EU top official stressing today’s seat at the table for EEA members - popular option for compromise-seeking remainers, but in recent weeks Vote Leave campaigners such as George Eustice are pushing it hard, trying to persuade other Leavers around too...
The fundamental red line bar on the EEA option as far as Number 10 saw it - came because of need to accept Freedom of Movement, though are extra EEA powers to limit it. Not all Leavers share May view, particularly as market forces (£slide) have collapsed net EU migration anyway
other main issue for ERG is jurisdiction EU law - but it is not directly from European Court of Justice, its from intermediate court, also in Lux called the EFTA court - I visited a few weeks after referendum, when EEA still in play, before the red line:
Scenes, if PM had not flown home this morning and appeared with the rest of the EEA leaders under this banner.
Why are they all looking to the right - looking for the missing British PM?!
