On Tue, 26 May 2015 11:16:20 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

You really think the EU would be foolish enough to allow the UK to
leave but keep the many benefits of being in a free trade area
without also the responsibities?

They have allowed Norway, Switzerland etc to have those without joining
the EU. And the EU doesn’t get any say on that stuff anyway.

And those countries who do get some of the rights without joining also
have to share the responsibilities too. Without the same voting rights.

Norway is an EEA member.
Switzerland is an EFTA member.
Both are Shengen members.

UKIP don't want the UK to "seek to remain" EEA or EFTA members, and the
UK has never been a Shengen country.

Membership of any one of those three would inherently include free
movement of people, exactly as EU membership currently does.

Shengen goes further - with a single centralised Shengen visa for non-EU
nationals, too.