My point was we have so few cards to play we kind of have to play hard ball with them. Once they're gone, we'll have nothing left that the EU needs from us, but still have a ton of stuff we still need. We need to squeeze every last little bit out of the little we have.
Or our politicians could actually start to admit that we can't get a better deal, and openly say Brexit was a mistake. Then we can start the long road back.
I don't get it. ~~If you're an immigrant who's already made it to the EU,~~ why would you want to go to England in the first place?
As a Brit, that's better.
Jokes aside, here's a couple of reasons I can think off the top of my head.
English is really common for people to speak as a second language. More likely to be drawn to a country where they have some chance of being able to communicate.
they may have friends or family already here (maybe who've chosen the UK due to point 1). People are far more likely to go somewhere where they already know people.