Drinking with Juncker

How apt that Jean Claude Juncker, the lush Luxembourger, should choose a saloon metaphor to illustrate his interpretation of the Great British exit bill.  He said, “if you are sitting at a bar and ordering 28 beers and the suddenly some of your colleagues are leaving, it’s OK, but they have to pay.”  Quite so, but only for the last round.  After all, we gave you plenty of notice that we were leaving the party and going home, just as soon as we had finished our drink.  It is quite unreasonable to expect us to contribute to the rest of your night out – we should have no idea what you might get up to after we had left!