It is not that Michel Barnier, or other EU leaders, have not pointed this out already. The trouble is that so little seems to be trickling down into British perceptions. As a consequence, the mood is souring. The EU is an existential, not a transactional project. Finally grasping that could take Britain a long way.
Guter Artikel über Brexit und die zwei fundamental verschiedenen Perspektiven (EU und London) auf das Ganze.