I will align with EU officials in this case . This it not a playground . What is the UK trying to demonstrate with this clown ? I hope they understand that Brexit does not mean they can move the island away and that just due to proximity , they will have to deal with the EU . What the UK is achieving is to have all EU citizens united in starting to be tired of their shit . That is a remarkable achievement , to be honest . These current politicians start to seem too nice . If the UK wants to play the game , maybe the next elected politicians will be those who promise to hurt the UK as much as the EU can and then we can have an economic war to see whether the UK or the EU will come on top . That is of course bad for everyone , but one of the sides seems to be pushing for that . The UK is playing with fire taking this as a joke .