Originally Posted by ireland2day:
“But Britain has not many cards to play.
And Merkel takes no prisoners. And remember the EU did not kick or vote ye out, you did that yourselves. Ye need the deal because of the position you are now in, the EU does not have to deliver a deal, May does, and she has to deliver a deal to her people.
It's the EU in the driving seat here AGAIN, just like it was with Cameron's administration.”
Even if all the above was true, GB has decided it does not want to be craven to Merkel / EU, call it what you will. Some smaller countries may feel they have no choice but to do what she / it says. That is not the case here where we are big and strong enough to take the rough with the smooth for a while and forge a new worldwide direction.
In any case the Merkel / EU looks pretty 'sick man of Europe' right now and will have plenty of its own troubles to deal with, not just our escape, in the coming years, from national elections to Trump's presidency.