They did everything they could to weaken the UK. To punish the UK for deciding to leave the EU.
No quarter given.
I think it is perfectly reasonable for the UK to give no quarter back now that the Germans are asking for the protection of our nuclear weapons.
Now, to some degree the UK is going to remain aligned with the US. Our military and intelligence capabilities seem to be very much intertwined. The alternative for the EU, a UK completely aligned with the US, Russia, and a friend of China, is the alternative.
Perhaps they should have been reasonable when the UK decided to leave the EU.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
They shouldn’t. The “No” campaign ran flat-out lies about what Britain would be able to get out of negotiations, claiming we “hold all the cards”. We did not.
aaron@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Well clearly we did hold cards. The very post you replied to has pointed out exactly the cards we held, and still hold.
But his isn’t a brexit argument, that is a long-resolved issue. T
his is about the UK’s relationship with the EU. (And notice I say EU, not Europe. I read media reports conflating the EU with Europe every week. Even this week talking of EU countries creating a ‘European Army’: well if they are going to exclude the UK from Europe so be it, why wouldn’t we maintain our special relationship with the US, and lean towards Russia, while maintaining our friendly relationship with China?
You reap what you sow.
Now if the EU wants the protection of our nuclear weapons they demonstrate how the have significantly changed their attitude towards the UK on an ongoing basis and the EU’s role in EUrope, and they pay economically.