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Oliver Schick
I think you've misunderstood me. The idea of cherrypicking relates to a very specific thing the Brexiters were trying to do - all of the benefits, none of the cost. The EU were quite reasonably saying that you can't have access to the Single Market without taking Freedom Of Movement. That's cherry picking.
But you can absolutely choose your level of membership based on the level of 'cost' you're prepared to absorb. That's not cherrypicking, that's tiered membership and it's perfectly 'allowed'. Norway would've been relatively soft - in the Single Market for the Remainers, but out of the Customs Union, no more FoM for the Brexiters - to the point where I would've accepted it, and I think we could've coalesced around it.
But these ERG types are like a crocodile - you toss them a leg and they say 'the leg was nice, what about your arm?'. The subsequent extremification of the debate means it's not a realistc possiblity anymore.