The Telegraph has a piece (HERE) setting out five reasons why they think the EU will make life difficult for us during and after the negotiations and then giving five more reasons why they (the EU) shouldn't.
It is an appeal for the EU to be rational and to consider that punishing us will damage the EU as well.
I think this may be a forlorn hope. This is why a lot of divorce cases end up in court with rancour and ill feeling. It isn't rational but where human beings are involved rationality often isn't. You cannot spend thirty years slagging off your partners and looking for ways to opt out of things and then expect them to be sympathetic. They will become competitors and will seek every possible advantage. This is not "punishing" us, it's called negotiating and exploiting your strengths.
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