the British have been held back for years with EU negotiations and kicked out of the customs union. in addition, the successive governments have happily continued the EU's migration policy and flooded the country with people who cannot be culturally assimilated. that was the establishment's revenge.

duvel

the EU is a club of blackmailers. look: in the case of brexit, the trade rules that existed before could simply have been left in place if they had been benevolent. but no, the British absolutely had to be punished for their outrage.

TomK

econ

Geopolitics: the big loser is Europe

I can imagine. If your a non-EU country surrounded/trapped by EU countries you probably have no choice but to adopt EU rules, otherwise trade will be difficult.