[checkdigit15]

> "how the EU is hobbling the UK"

Sorry if I'm misreading, but do you mean "how the EU is being hobbled by the UK"? In the sentence above it sounds like the EU wanted the agreement but the UK (and May's veto) prevented the EU from doing it.

[graeme]

They mean people in the uk say that the eu hobbled the uk's ability to trade with the eu.

But actually, the uk hobbled the eu. So the example is wrong.