[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Where have you been, Seph? Coronavirus has ravaged the UK too, arguably worse than many of our peers.

If there is no deal, the EU has deals with most of the world, its own internal market of 450m and has the infrastructure and people in place to cope. Embarrassingly as a Brit, we have neither.

I agree with your first paragraph but you could have taken that for granted. My point, which could have been better expressed, is that the UK has to climb out of the Covid ravages much like the EU has to. There is little there in the EU right now (ravaged) that can help us to grow faster as they're too busy with themselves, and then not in concert because they are not really a cohesive union.

What you should be saying, as a Brit, is that a deal with the EU would be better than no deal, but not at any price and certainly not a deal that makes us a vassal state to the EU.

You seem still to be fighting the referendum battle.