[user104658]

Originally Posted by the truth

for the 4th time what about the 3rd option? in as a trading partner but now a full member making all the rules , thus simply trading but being ruled by british laws?

Trade with EU member states would be absolutely decimated though. It's not as simple as the UK just demanding; well we'll just opt out but still trade in the same way. You can't just opt out of the bad parts of being an EU member state and choose to keep the good?