b'7. Remain is no longer an option It is very clear, the EU has centralised,A Europe without rebates has the integrated, federalised substantially andconsequence of the UK paying a lot more in materially since June 2016.contributionsto the EU.Should there still remain any doubt, theMr Verhofstadt is not as important as he Guardian published an interview with thethinks he is, but his views, as stated, are the European Parliaments Brexit Coordinator,dominant views in the EU. Guy Verhofstadt, on 14th June 2017. The headline of the interview was Perks willWhat was offered to remain voters at the stop if UK ends up staying in the EU, saystime of the Brexit referendum is simply no Guy Verhofstadt. For once, the Guardianlonger there. The status quo ante no longer headline writer got it right. In the interview,applies. To Remain would be to remain in a Verhofstadt made the new reality for the UKfundamentally different EU from the EU of 23 very clear.June 2016, the date of the Brexit referendum. I agree (with President Macron that theThis book has featured several quotations. door to the EU would remain open toIt seems only appropriate to quote Britain during Brexit negotiations).64 Shakespeare (a famous couplet from one of his less known plays). Mr Verhofstadt went on to say:That England, that was wont to But like Alice in Wonderland, not all theconquer others, doors are the same. It will be a brand newHath made a shameful conquest door, with a new Europe, a Europe withoutof itself. rebates, without complexity, with real powers and with unity.- Shakespeare (Richard II) 202'