We are intrinsically tied to the EU? Why do you believe that, wmcforum?
Look up the origin of the word intrinsic and it’s antonym extrinsic. wmc uses the right word in the right context.
We should put aside history in the context of this debate and deal with the situation we are in as of today Friday September 20th 2019. We have been a member of the Common Market and then the EU for the last forty four years in which time we have become constitutionally embedded within it’s structure. We have become arterially connected within it’s legal, trade and demographic framework. Leaving such a body requires major delicate surgery, not just a few weeks of threats and bluster.