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Britain is unlikely to be able to remain a member of the single market, according to a document photographed in the hands of a senior Conservative official on Downing Street.

A handwritten note, carried by an aide to the Tory vice-chair Mark Field after a meeting at the Department for Exiting the European Union, could be seen to say: "What's the model? Have cake and eat it."

The article is not arguing that the UK government will want to stay in the EEA though.

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The document appears to reflect a discussion about the prospect of a trade deal like that of Norway, which is a member of the European Economic Area.

"Why no Norway - two elements - no ECJ intervention. Unlikely to do internal market."

That appears to refer to the drawbacks of taking on the Norwegian model, which has the country outside the EU and its customs union, but inside the single market.

The reason Brexit supporters do not want to follow that idea is the requirement that Norway accepts free movement of people and is under the jurisdiction of the European court.