"they need us more than we need them"

[#1]

The EU don't need us more than we need them. I buy more from Waitrose than they buy from me. But they have millions of other customers, so they're not going to do anything that threatens their relationship with those customers just for me.

[#2]

Not to mention the 5 finger discount on pineapples @tradertall

[#3]

You "buy ..... from Waitrose".

Congratulations @tradertall. You are a reformed character.

Credit where credit is due @revjonty!

[#4]

Her Majesty's Prison Service have much to be proud of.  They take the vilest, most evil villains in the universe, care for them with decency and humanity and return them to society as reformed, useful citizens.

But does anyone else think that Waitrose are really just a Sainsburys with a middle middle class veneer and higher prices.  Not exactly Booths, where the upper middle class shop, is it?  And the veg is just as good at Aldi.

[#5]

That line of argument was only being touted when they suggested we'd need a deal from the EU. Now the excuse is that we don't even need a deal and that a WTO framework with no deal will be fine.