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  #2030 - Wouldn't it be lovely if everything was that simple? Unfortunately, it isn't.
  
  Your use of the phrase "good faith" belies the fact that we are entwined in many legally binding commitments to the EU which we entered into in good faith. No coercion - just agreements made in full, democratically endorsed willingness by our elected government.
  
  The "don't pay them a penny brigade" have grown noticeably quiet since negotiations have developed. Not that they care personally because pretty much all of them are sufficiently well-healed to have no fear of the economic doldrums with which the rest of us would be blighted.
  
  It's simply because the civil servants, the much maligned realists in this horrid saga, have finally made them understand that any country which renegues on its debts in a global market can expect to bear the consequences of that decision. We rely upon our income from taxes but also upon our ability to sell government bonds as a means of borrowing. Sadly, we've been reliant on the latter for rather too long. If we chose the unilateral path of opting out of accepted commitments, then the value of UK bonds will surely fall as the market reacts.
  
  The prospects are not pleasant. That's why even the bigots and idiots like Rees-Mogg and IDS have held the fire on that particular argument.
  
  As for the many other arguments - environmental, human rights, crime, anti-terrorism et al - I just run out of energy.

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