I, also, can't see that a compromise is possible EDDIE - I've been aware of this from day 1, which is why I've been advocating preparation for a 'no deal' scenario from the very start. The something in the woodpile is, as I posted elsewhere, Gibraltar. Spain is salivating and will withhold eventual approval unless we cede Gib..
All this is not possibly acceptable in any way whatsoever, so, wearily, I return to 'prepare for no deal'. EU will wish to strike deals for their goods and services, but we need enough world-wide deals to tide us over - so we need to jump the gun and start negotiating them - to heck with EU rules, quite frankly. What are they going to do? We must, as a matter of survival, take the reins into our hands.