Posted by Keith-264 on October 15, 2019, 3:48 pm, in reply to "Why?"
Because out is out, then the value of the UK economy to the EU oligarchs is made manifest. Does Germany want to continue exporting and keep the UK-EU trade deficit? Of course it does. Does Britain want to keep importing more than it exports? Of course but out means returning to the world market where it's convenient as well.