What Brexit 'demands' is none of our Australian business. When I hear and see people rabbiting on about 'leadership', I think of Hitler, Stalin, Mao and that lunatic in North Korea. What is needed is participation by the people; that is what brought about Brexit - not 'leadership'.

Brexit will probably never occur, the UK's political elites will never allow it.
The 'referendum' was really a plebiscite, so it's not binding on Parliament, the British will get cold feet sooner or later and reach some compromise with the Germans/EU.

The Brexit negotiations are going to be the most complex and portential in a generation. How Britain gets out will be a guide and template to others who consider a similar exit.

The immediate and medium term prospects for Britain will be determined by these negotiations.

Even the dullest will understand that during such talks, the one thing the Brits will want to do is keep their cards close to their chests so as to maximise their negotiating position. Yet there seems to be a never ending series of demands (mainly from Remainers) that every nuance of the negotiations or negotiating positions be made public 3 nanoseconds after being determined.

In reality, what should happen is that everyone should stand back and let the parties get on with it in private and in their various interests. At the end the merits of the agreements can be determined.

My guess is that Remainers are terrified that the negotiations will go well and be popular. So best to get the details out asap and nit-pick over them so as to discredit the process. Equally, by comparing the opening positions and the inevitably less attractive final agreement, they can claim the negotiations a failure.

The British government should, and in the nicest way possible is, tell everyone to just wait and see what happens. But that's not the way things go with the 24hr new cycle.

Its more than a little interesting that those who were more than happy for Britain to remain at the tender mercies of an anonymous and unaccountable bureaucracy in Brussels without a hint of criticism, want to micro-manage every step of their London leaders.

In general, its clear that Britain's position is becoming increasingly advantageous. The prospects of Wilders and Le Pen will make Europe much more amenable to reasonableness. The restiveness of the East Europeans likewise. The rise of Trump also gives Britain a fallback position. What they can't get from Europe they may get from the US and knowing this will make the EU more flexible in its position.

Just let the process happen.