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I think I do.
Do you understand the difference between being part of a single market & having access to a single market?
China has access to the EU single market. It does not pay in. It does not allow free movement of labour. It is not part of the single market.
Come now Gimpy, you're being facetious. On that logic just about everyone has 'access' to every market
Access to the single market is commonly understood to mean receiving the benefits of the single market.
For example:
http://www.theguardian.com/politics...-johnson-pipe-dream-over-single-market-access
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36640008
There's not much point having access to a special discount club but without the special discounts, is there?
To get back to the point - leaders of the Brexit camp, such as Johnson, want to retain tariff-free, quota-free access to the single market - i.e. retain the current benefits. That is only possible by paying into the system and retaining free movement of labour - such as the Norwegian model.