> Europe just said: You cannot have your cake and eat it. Yeah, sure. But they _could_ have just said: You can have your cake and eat it. Why exactly is it "im

> Europe just said: You cannot have your cake and eat it. Yeah, sure. But they _could_ have just said: You can have your cake and eat it. Why exactly is it "impossible" -- UK exceptionalism was already the norm. let the UK have their cake and eat it. How much of their intransigence is a matter of principle vs. a game of chicken (hoping that the UK will give up on Brexit) is something that I don't know if we can really know unless push comes to shove.