[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by jonbxx

So are you expecting the UK to be tougher now with China and Russia now we have left?

Not really. My point was to highlight Barnier's position coupled with the EU's hypocrisy on dealing with the threatening external powers.

To remind what Barnier said:

What might be a positive” to take from the Brexit process “is the warning signal it represents,” Barnier said. “But frankly, Brexit is a lose-lose situation. It’s a divorce. No one can say a divorce is positive. It’s a weakening … for us, who are amputated of this country … and for the United Kingdom, which finds itself on its own, in distant waters, facing the United States, China and Russia.