Boris Johnson said the EU's divorce bill was absurd and that the EU are to buy Britain out/pay Britain back for all the money Britain has put into owning parts of EU institutions.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...vladimir-putin-general-election-a7734191.html EU could be forced to pay Britain a Brexit divorce bill, says Boris Johnson
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...could-end-paying-britain-brexit-divorce-bill/ Exclusive: Brussels could end up paying Britain a Brexit divorce bill, says Boris Johnson
England (and the other unimportant bits) should expect a lot of cash back from the EU. That country has contributed massive amounts to EU stupidity with nothing to show for it so they deserve a massive refund.
Germany will ultimately be left holding the bag for all the debt owed to the EU by Greece, Italy, Spain etc. With the UK bowing out, and France dirt poor, that only leaves Germany.
Isn't it refreshing to have a foreign secretary who is a clown. Instead of some push over. This is the correct negotiating position with the EU. About time too.
I'll bet they've been ripping us off something rotten over the past 4 decades - which is why they're so incandescent about it all coming to an end.