Quote Originally Posted by Elite_Pie View Post
Sorry jackal, but I find that naive in the extreme. Did you really think that the EU would be helpful in any exit deal? Of course they wouldn't, and there's no reason they should be. We have stuck two fingers up at them, so it's up to us to find a beneficial way to leave. After 3 years we are still nowhere near that, because there is no good deal to be had.
It is in their interests to make it as painful as possible to leave to deter others that are wavering from following us and preventing the whole thing from collapsing like a house of cards.