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Originally Posted by jalfrezi
Bit concerned that Putin might bung a small EU27 country PM to veto the delay.
The one line unifying the 27 is that Britain must retain blame for brexit outcomes. Any deviation will be punished overtly or covertly in the future. For example when the bailouts occur in the resulting deep recession.
This is why they have given us everything they could have possibly given us under the rules based structure of the EU. They negotiated with us to the best possible outcome given the parameters and restrictions we imposed on ourselves.
The best example of this is the future liabilities. That 39 billion should be closer to 50 billion. They didn't press us for our full amount owed because their one line is to ensure blame falls mostly towards us and away from them. They gave us a very good discount on what we owe them to keep their high ground.