I dont think we should put up with freemovement at all - it will become defacto - we can’t allow it to happen.
I hear you UK repub, and I agree. If it could be mitigated to free movement of labor rather than persons, then that wouldn’t be too bad, but free movement of persons is poisonous.
But 112/113 of the EEA allows free movement to be throttled way, way down. Lichtenstein has already invoked it: there’s no reason why an overcrowded UK (that was in the EEA) could also do so.
Moving to the EEA would also repeal CAP and the fisheries policy + also give the UK the ability to trade freely + maintain the passport on financial services.
And if the EEA move didn’t stop free movement, then it’s *really* easy to leave the EEA. We would lose access to the single market (and would want to arrange bilateral agreements like Switzerland) but we could do it.