It sometimes takes a complete outsider to put things into perspective. Al Jazeera, the Islamic broadcaster has a website where a British journalist has written an article which might make sobering reading for passionate Brexiteers (HERE).
Alastair Sloan says we should be aware of the political power of the European People's Party, the EPP and it's capacity for spite. Merkel and Tusk are members of the group and the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier is the EPP's vice president. The EPP is passionate about the political aims of the EU and were upset when Cameron flounced out of the centre right grouping in 2009. Trade is much less important to them than it is to brexiteers and Mr Sloan thinks we should forget about the forthcoming negotiations being about trade, it will be political and they will decide what to do with the UK without us having any real influence at all.
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