Diplomacy is tough, slogging, slow work—and hard work.
There are so many people that would be lined up to get their cut that even trying to finance a reboot of 'Frasier' would be nightmarish.
Public confidence in, and support for, the euro - and, indeed, the European Union - will ultimately be determined by how well we deliver on growth and jobs rather than on institutional wrangling and complex legal or technical negotiations.
Yes, negotiating is about money and the bottom line, but a lot of times, it's much more emotional and complex than that. Realizing that the economic outcome may not be the other party's top priority gives you more chips to play with and will enable you to achieve better results than you may have anticipated.
Trade deal negotiations are highly complicated and take a long time.
Far from the quick and easy exit that Leave campaigners once promised, Brexit has become mired in its own internal contradictions.
