From the EU's opening letter, it sounds like we're going to have to play hard-ball to get anywhere with them.  They want us to hand over £50bn for some undefined reason - presumably our punishment for disobeying to put others off, provide lifetime healthcare for the 3m EU citizens in the UK (while they provide usually less comprehensive healthcare for the 1m UK citizens in the EU).  After we've said yes to all this, and possibly after we've left, then they'll start talking about trade.

I really hope the UK negotiators have the guts to just say no and just leave, and trade with the EU just like many other countries do with them.  There's no urgent need for a trade deal - it would be the icing on the cake but it's far from necessary, so there's no need to bow down to their ridiculous demands.  I bet they'd change their tune once all their exporters to the UK are faced with UK import duty.

This kind of power-crazed bullying just makes me more sure that we're doing the right thing in breaking out.