I mean, there is a more subtle point right there. In actual abusive relationships this interdependency is one of the important factors that keeps the abused in

I mean, there is a more subtle point right there. In actual abusive relationships this interdependency is one of the important factors that keeps the abused in the relationship. It’s one of the things that makes abusive relationships so hard to escape and consequently so horrific. That said, interdependency is also just as much a part of non-abusive and completely healthy relationships, i.e. the mere existence of interdependency doesn’t decide whether a relationship is abusive or not. To me the EU and UK relationship is a clearly non-abusive one. I wouldn’t call it healthy, but mostly because the UK is frequently completely disengaged from the process and disinterested in actually being part of the relationship. They could have so much say and power … but they don’t want to. Rather they want to spend all their time worrying and drawing up horror scenarios. I do not want the UK to leave, but I also don’t think that a UK this disengaged is not very productive to have inside the EU.