Weird Granny Slater wrote:Good to see that the Brexit 'debate' continues with the same high level of rationality and intellectual engagement as was evident pre-Referendum:
Hopefully if people actually read Barnier's speech rather than having a fit of the vapours at so called reports on Barnier's speech their minds will be put at rest.
Here it is. A lot of common sense -- but very little which can be made into a headline to sell newspapers:
http://www.cer.eu/in-the-press/speech-michel-barnier-future-eu-conference
No-one is trying to 'punish' anyone. We are not in a school playground.
Everyone realises (apart from idiots like Trump) that free-trade works to everyone's benefit.
This is not a zero-sum game so a 'good' deal for one side does not mean the other side has a 'bad' deal.