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Originally Posted by Hugh

But would enter a transition period during which it would continue to follow all EU rules and regulations and continue to pay the same amount of money into the EU budget, and the transition would be due to end in December 2020.

So we would have left the EU, but still following all the rules and pay the same as before - is that like leaving home, but still sleeping in the same bedroom, eating meals with the family, and paying your share of the bills?

Yes - we would have left the EU. The rest of what you say is next phase. We all know what "getting Brexit done" as a slogan means at this stage and saying that it is lying is in itself dishonest.