"...we are leaving the EU and the authority of the EU"

In a way. If we wish to trade with the EU we will need to comply with laws laid down by the remaining 27, although of course we'll not have a say in how those laws are formulated any more.


"It looks very much like a bunch of extremely bad losers."

Damn right. Democracy works two ways and now we get to have our say in what your idiot Brexiteer leaders are doing. So far: Squabbling amongst themselves and fucking it up, it appears.