And there is no "punishment" beyond Brexit itself: All the "punishment" is just Britain getting exactly what it asked for. The laughing and snide comments are

And there is no "punishment" beyond Brexit itself: All the "punishment" is just Britain getting exactly what it asked for. The laughing and snide comments are just A) Schadenfreude at being so stupid as to ask for that "punishment", and B) intense annoyance growing into anger at the fuckwittery of whining about "punishment" for getting what one asked for. As such, it's all utterly well-deserved IMO.