Paying for a 'hard' Brexit

Talk about a row over nothing. One the one hand there is that arch weasel Hammond saying that he has 'not put any money aside' to pay for a 'hard Brexit' and then there is the Prime Minister seemingly contradicting him. The truth is that we don't have to put any money aside to pay for a 'hard Breixt' because if that happens we certainly won't be paying Europe anything like the £30 billion plus they are demanding from us - not to mention our annual membership 'fee' of £13 billion.  In other words we will have simply oodles of money to help smooth the path of leaving Europe.

But all this talk of 'hard or 'soft' Brexit is so much eyewash. The truth is that a 'hard' Brexit will happen. It is simply a matter of mathematics. Twenty seven countries will have to agree the terms of a 'soft Brexit.'  Can you imagine how difficult it will be to get all twenty seven to agree on something so contentious and momentous. Each country will have a particular axe to grind. Spain will want access to our fishing grounds as will France and the Netherlands. Poland, Roumania and Bulgaria will want a special deal for their citizens in the UK ,Germany will want to ply the part of Miss Whiplash and give us 'six of the best' before allowing us to leave and so on.  In other words what is being played out by the Mrs May and her acolytes is a charade designed to show the 'Remainers' in her party and in the country at large that she has really tried to do a fair deal but it is the hard liners on the other side of the Channel who by demanding impossible conditions have made it imposible