Quote Originally Posted by Graham Breeze View Post
Indeed but the bigger problem was that the Brexiteers never even started thinking. Did people really believe the UK could just say: "Well thanks for having us, but bye-bye now and while we in the UK will now do whatever we want we do hope we can all stay friends"?
Let's turn that on its head. Why should the fact that we are leaving the EU mean that we have to be treated as an enemy? Why cannot relations be cordial in the same way as they are between the EU and Switzerland, which is not in the EU?

The truth is that the EU is terrified that Britain will be successful outside the EU and that other countries will want to follow. But if being a member of the EU is so great then why should they need to treat us more harshly than other non-EU European countries? Surely the benefits of membership should be self evident.