As an accounting practitioner I've seen a few divorces in my time, and how people prepare for them, consciously or not. They began to steel themselves for life alone; contingency plans made; new alliances are tested, budgets are thought through. Only then do they leave. Passion often follows the testing, and does not precede it.
In that case I read this with interest in the FT this morning:
EU officials have begun work on a plan to create a long-term budget without the UK in a move that reflects mounting frustration that Britain's demand for a spending freeze cannot be reconciled with the rest of the bloc.
Both EU officials and national diplomats have been studying the legal and technical feasibility of devising such a budget, according to people familiar with the discussions, ahead of a two-day summit beginning on Thursday in Brussels, where the EU's 27 heads of government will try to reach an agreement on the long-term budget.
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There are more nuanced Eurodoubting positions and future options than seem to be dreamed of in your philosophy, Richard – some held by your avid supporters (and reconcilably so), if I’m not alone here (and one seldom is). I once chided you constructively and similarly in the context of Scottish independence, where I felt similarly. Allow your friends more space!
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