Well, briefly , he started by saying that when he told the EU ( 17 years ago ) that his mission was to try to get the UK to leave; they ( the EU assembly ) laughed at him, he said " You're not laughing now are you ".  He went on to say now detached they had become from ordinary people and how those ordinary " little " people had spoken. He said how their ridiculous policy on immigration ( exacerbated by the free movement policy ) and Merkel's open arm invite, to practically anybody who could walk, had brought about the immigration crisis. He said any vindictiveness by them ( from a trade point of view ) would harm them as much as us  and cited Germany's Car industry as an example, he actually said " If you want to cut off your noses to spite you faces ". He said we would remain their friends......their " Best Friends " as he put it and we would continue to co-operate with them, but we wanted our Country back and to be allowed to shape our own destiny.