[hibeejim21]

I've never heard the EU take credit for the good friday agreement - can you supply some evidence pls ?


"Also what I don't understand is the EU want £50 billion (maybe more) to move talks on to a trade deal."


The UK agreed to the structure of the talks and timetable with the EU. So ask them. That timetable involves dealing with citizenship,ireland and our financial obligations first.

In someway it feels like the EU are blackmailing the UK and trying to teach us a lesson and show the other member states this is what will happen if you try to leave

Its a political and economic union. They are not going to give us a deal comparable with EU membership no matter how the daily xxxx mail spin it. Otherwise whats the point of being a member ? Thats the point remember ?


What the EU should have done first is negotiate a trade deal first and then sort out the divorce bill

Why? We are leaving the EU not the other way around. The terms of article 50 mean we have to sort all this shite out and davis agreed to those terms,and rightly so. Just because barmier and co aren't bending over backwards to make it easy is neither here nor there.

Remember how certain tories told us this would be the easiest thing in the world ?