I think you'll find the clampdown on tax evasion, by the EU has an impact on the UK elite, and they needed to protect their interests at all costs. The trade negotiations have a possible high probability of failing, so only delaying a no deal Brexit by a year or so. But the EU may have the last laugh, well any country dealing with UK, now the WTO court has been shut down, with just a gentlemans agreement, everybody will abide by the rules, hard to see though, with most UK industry,services, sold off to international conglomerates.