Naive is an interesting choice of words Edukator because naive is what it woukd be to make a donation of £1bn, £5bn, £10bn, £25bn, £50bn or £100bn to the European Union vanity and ego project
It is not remotely “ruinous” for the UK to trade with the EU under WTO tariffs. It is not even negative for the econony, the pessimistic projections show the UK would continue to grow (albeit at a lower rate) until such a time as we agreed other trade deals. Then you have the reality that Europe mired in outdated and unaffordable social restraints will continue to grow much much more slowly than the rest of the world, ie the places where we will be signing new trade deals
Edukator I am afraid you have as the Americans say “drunk the coolaid”
A good friend of mine (and Remainer) has had a number of private briefings from consultants and startegists and they make the point that in their opinion there is unlikely to be a deal as EU will stick to its fantasy of a Brexit Bill a donation which the UK will not pay. This will cause huge trauma particularly in Europe as people like yourself believe its a legitimate bill when it is nothing of the sort. There will be long lasting consequences as the finger pointing will ramp up.
Then during all of this we will see the resurfacing of the Greek (and then Italian …) debt crises
Mr Macrin has his €50bn austerity programme to implement and in a year max he will have to face either a larger EU budget contribution (circa €5bn pa) or pursueding the newer EU members to receibg substantially less in grants and investment.