The irony is that under WTO rules, we'd trade with less say on the rules that under pretty much any other arrangement. Not that the whole Brexit thing was ever

The irony is that under WTO rules, we'd trade with less say on the rules that under pretty much any other arrangement. Not that the whole Brexit thing was ever very rational (in the homus economicus sense) but this is sliding into a farce and tragedy all in one. If I were an optimist, I'd say that this is posturing to force the EU's hand but I suspect that unless a face saving measure is found, this is it.