Would it be possible to cancel Brexit?

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5. When they say "without the rules", do they mean "without following the rules"?

That was put by Boris Johnson as "having your cake and eating it". Which, of course, the proverb says you can't do, but he wanted people to think was easy. Yes, some would like to have no tariff barriers to trading with the EU, but they don't want EU trade rules applied in the UK. The EU, of course, will point out that the rules are part of the single market.

If they mean "without us being able to take part in setting the rules", then yes, that could be achieved; it's sort of what Switzerland has - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland%E2%80%93European_Union_relations . It allows Switzerland to keep out of some aspects of the EU, while being part of the single market. It's been complicated to set up, and it means that for some aspects, Switzerland just has to do what the EU decides. For both of those reasons, there's no realistic chance the Tories could reach an agreement like that by the end of this year.