The idea of Brexit does not seem to have been fully embraced by any party. It could have fizzled out over time by pure stagnation. However the obscene amount of money being demanded as our severance payment will likely give added impetus to our departure. Last year we contributed approx. 13.5% of the total contributions.


https://www.statista.com/statistics/316691/european-union-eu-budget-share-of-contributions/

The rest of the EU sells about £70 billion more to us in goods and services than we sell to them, according to UK data

https://fullfact.org/europe/uk-eu-trade/

How the Irish   border is resolved is crucial to the Irish. There are very few direct links to Europe. They also take considerably longer than trans shipment through the UK.