Quote:Agreed. But the key is that the situation is fluid. The longer the uk stays firm, the leverage will begin to swing toward more countries opting out. However, if the uk begins to waffle, the eu can persuade the shaky countries into staying.

The UK doesn't have time stay firm though. Once they invoke article 50 they have two years to negotiate their exit, extension of the two year term requires unanimous consent from all other EU members (which they won't get of course). After that, if they don't have a deal in place they're screwed. They won't just be out of the EU, they'll be out of the common market, out of the common travel area, out of the customs union and any other European treaty.

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