Trump to meet with Theresa May on Friday

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

ag,you missed your calling.  You really should have been a comedian.  Yes, there will be economic pain in the UK, but the idea that they'll be desperate to join the EE (European Empire) as a result is ludicrous.  If nothing else, it'll be easier for any excess labor to come to the US than the EE and I doubt we'll be any tougher on illegal English immigrants than we have been on illegal Irish immigrants in the past.

The notion that the UK is without options at this juncture ignores the "new" reality. The UK has far more cards to play than the the EU and all of the EU's expose it to engaging in the very behavior that nationalists accuse them of.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

ag,you missed your calling.  You really should have been a comedian.  Yes, there will be economic pain in the UK, but the idea that they'll be desperate to join the EE (European Empire) as a result is ludicrous.  If nothing else, it'll be easier for any excess labor to come to the US than the EE and I doubt we'll be any tougher on illegal English immigrants than we have been on illegal Irish immigrants in the past.

The notion that the UK is without options at this juncture ignores the "new" reality. The UK has far more cards to play than the the EU and all of the EU's expose it to engaging in the very behavior that nationalists accuse them of.

EU will not do anything. It will just not be able to agree on anything. Remember: previously, the Brits were at the round table, and their agreement was needed to take any decision. Now they (or, rather, the English and the Welsh) sit on the other side: everybody needs to agree on any concession to them. Well, everybody will not agree. You have seen what the freaking Walloon parliament can do. Trust me, you have not, yet, heard from the Maltese.  It will consistently be easier for the English to surrender than to argue. And, of course, the default threat (no agreement) is much worse for the English than for the rest.

And that is suppose to be a position of strength for the EU? Unable to make decisions, surrounded by hostile adversaries whose interests don't necessarily coincide with the EU continuing to exist, and numerous internal movements that could rise up and sever arms and limbs from the project.