[matthewmacleod]

I'm afraid you didn't read my message – this is to be expected, since you've clearly decided on your opinion in advance.

But it's really simple:

- The "let's leave the EU" side won in the UK, no question - The UK entered a period where it struggled to figure out what "Get Brexit done" meant - Eventually they figured that out, it was pretty much the shape that was expected, and did it.

What you have described as "threats" are clearly examples of what you would expect the impact of leaving an integrated union would be. That includes negotiating the terms of the departure, and the EU was obviously in the interests of the EU.

I'm honestly just baffled that you think otherwise. The UK chose to leave the EU – fine. The EU acted to protect its interests in that exit – also fine. Weird to get so threatened by things that turned out to be obviously true.