This warning was made back in October. I'm hoping things will improve between now and March 2019, but nonetheless it's quite harsh.
Brexit trade deal could take 10 years, says UK's ambassador
"A post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal might take 10 years to finalise and still fail, Britain's ambassador to the EU has privately told the government.
The BBC understands Sir Ivan Rogers warned ministers that the European consensus was that a deal might not be done until the early to mid-2020s.
He also cautioned that an agreement could be rejected ultimately by other EU members' national parliaments."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38324146
As others have said
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
...in polite society it is considered rude to shoot the messenger.
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Meanwhile, it's not just the UK Government side that's divided on Brexit:
Brexit turf war breaks out between branches of EU
"MEPs were furious after the Financial Times reported a draft text that nominated the European Commission as the union’s lead negotiator in talks, but gave MEPs no seat at the negotiating table or in key preparatory meetings.
In a shot across the bows of member states, the parliament warned that it may block a deal or indeed open a second track of direct negotiations with London — a nightmare scenario for the EU-27."
https://www.ft.com/content/17f50d7a-...a-2b93a6856354 or Google "Brexit turf war breaks out between branches of EU"