Yes they DO need a permission slip from the EU to leave.
They get “all the rights” of members you say? So they’ll have to pay a lot of money and have to follow EU dictates and cannot make trade deals with others.....all they give up is the right to vote.
So tell me, how exactly is this different from being a member except that now they wouldn’t have the right to vote?
You can’t be serious with this BS.
They have to follow EU trade rules DURING the transition period -- which they can end anytime. They can freely trade with the EU in goods and services with no tariffs at all
How is this different from being a member? It isn't - because it's a transition period until 2020 - for the UK to wrap up its dealings and leave.
did you even really read the withdrawal agreement as opposed to what others said the agreement was about?