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More seriously, that is obviously not responsible behaviour. Just because the UK is badly-governed doesn't mean the EU should descend to the childish level of arch-'Brexit'ers, 'they need us more than we need them' and all that nonsense.
It's always worth remembering how much we've lost in just the last four years. That same loss hasn't occurred throughout the EU, even though European governments are hardly saintly. If you reconsider the absolutely scandalous conduct of Theresa May and Johnson in variously trying to decide unilaterally, freeze out Parliament, trying to square a circle, etc.--and the Cammayborne government was already a nightmare of ideologically-blinded cruelty--, political discourse since then has taken another nosedive. Even thinking that 'no deal' is in any way an acceptable negotiation tactic or negotiation outcome is ridiculous, and yet, swayed by endless propaganda being hammered into their minds, something that many people apparently imagine could (a) happen or (b) be a good thing.
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Oliver Schick
JWestland
Maybe I'm missing something, but I really can't see what the pressure is on the EU to do a deal. If there's no deal then as far as the EU's concerned it's a minor hiccup. As far as the UK's concerned, it's a total and utter shitstorm. I'm failing to see why it isn't in the EU's interests to walk away from the negotiations, let the UK descend into a total clusterfuck of tariffs and border checks, and then come back in 6 months or so saying 'So, how much more of this do you want?' OK, you'd have to buy off the French fishermen in the interim, but that's buttons in the great grand scheme of things.