You cannot blame the EU for the UK's hard brexit. That was all down to the UK politician's brexit purity spiral. Theresa May tried to moderate it somewhat, and

You cannot blame the EU for the UK's hard brexit. That was all down to the UK politician's brexit purity spiral. Theresa May tried to moderate it somewhat, and was swiftly thrown out because of that. This was all internal to the UK. The UK insisted on a hard brexit. The stock "it's the EU's fault!" response is nonsense, again.