Cherry Harvesting

[Progenitor A]

The UK has a £120 billion trade deficit in goods with the EU. The EU has indicated that there could be a free trade area in goods

The UK has a £20 billion trade surplus in financial services with the EU
The EU has stated catrgorically that a free trade area will NOT include financial services

And they have the Gaul to accuse us of cherry picking!

It late transpires that in return for maintaining our £120 billion trade deficit with the EU they demand 'reciprocal' access to our fishing grounds!
So they want a fish and cherry harvest with all the spoils to them!

[alancalverd]

Please try to be accurate. Only politicians forget to say "per year".

The current deficit is £120,000,000,000 per year, having increased linearly since 1973 and now totalling £2,700,000,000,000 (of actual cash, not counting inflation). That is £54,000 per capita loss to date, or about £100,000 per taxpayer. If you allow for inflation at 5% per annum over 45 years that's closer to £500,000 per taxpayer in today's money, for the benefit of having our industries destroyed, resources depleted, statute law perverted, and wages depressed.