What Merkel wants or doesn't want is irrelevant, we are leaving the EU, that is what the electorate of the UK voted for and, at the politicians peril, that is what they are going to have to deliver (Just the fact that Blair wants us to remain in the EU is a good enough reason for us to leave).

Now German finance ministers are warning Merkel of the danger to the German economy which is the powerhouse of the EU. They are stating that Germany, Note that - Germany, NOT the EU, must have deal with the UK after we leave as we are their biggest and best customer in Europe. Simply put they cannot afford to lose us without them catching a cold and at present post-Brexit vote our economy is performing better than theirs. Anybody ignoring those facts, Merkel included, proves that they are the ones living in cloud cuckoo-land.

Still no evidence, let alone increasing evidence, of the harm that Brexit promises to cause to this country.