I can't speak for anyone else, but I was waiting for the EU comments arising from the meeting with Raab and their thoughts on the White Paper. They are exactly as one would expect: the EU sees no reason why it should - for example - implement a tax collection system just to suit the UK. Nor is it prepared just to trust the UK to collect theirs. Both absolutely reasonable, whatever the Brexiteers may feel. There is an article in the Guardian today about how the Brexiteers will blame anyone except themselves for any problems. It is always everyone else sabotaging things. Seems a fairly accurate observation of the Brexiteer mindset to me.
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