Breaders, agree with all your points, but even though they didn't instigate it, its too big an issue to ignore, for them as well as us. In order to teach us a lesson, which they stated from the beginning, they said it would be difficult. However, they are now in the situation where they have played politics for maybe a little too long, and with the UK waving the 'No Deal' ticket at them, (whether it was serious or not), other countries are now aware of how a bad outcome won't just seriously affect us, but them too.
The time has now arrived where both sides have to have a serious look at what is feasible. Of course, the government have cocked things up by allowing the divisions in the party to seriously hamper any progress, but having said that, the Brexit camp needs people like Boris, just to ensure we don't end up with a watered-down Cameron-style result, which would put is in the situation where we pay, but no longer have any weight within the EU. I don't know about anyone else, but I would be deeply frustrated, and embarrassed, at such a climb down. The situation may appear in disarray now, but it will be sorted, and one thing we can't afford, is to be is a second rate power in the organisation.