Brexit happened precisely because of the authoritarian nature of the EU power structure that is now
flexing its muscle by telling Britain it won't get this and it won't get that before X has happened.
The rule loving Eurocrats are all talk.  There is so little knowledge of what will happen but Saunders
as usual pretend he knows all the facts.  Britain has a lot more allies than the EU nations.  If the EU
aslo pursues its path of A and B memberships there will be a lot more defection in the future.