Re: Boris has said it !!!
Why don't you admit it? The EU is imploding. It has been ever since the UK voted to leave. Hence the childish, desperate attempts at bullying and threats with your confident assumption the UK would just fold to your will.
Unfortunately for you, the whole world is is now watching in disbelief at what was originally seen as a serious European organisation, now making a complete ass of itself by its use of individual domestic issues as a means of a trade deal instead of treating the UK with the respect we deserve after being a former partner of 45 years. Its no wonder companies are deserting the bloc to come to the UK
A. They can see only too clearly that we will flourish as an independent nation, and B. they are not stupid. Unlike the EU, the UK has too good a history in the world of trade for being a bastion of respectability, fairness and honesty. Look back at our history - Made in England, Made in Great Britain, Made in the UK. The name and label is proof enough of the highest quality. Always has been, always will be. This alone is enough for EU businesses to know that they too will flourish alongside us.
Whether that fact sticks in your craw is down to you. It matters little.
Maybe a few more home truths need to be administered to drag you out of the fog of your make-believe world.