Good piece from Dan Snow putting it all in a longer historical context - www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/01/brexit-britain-liaison-europe-history?fbclid=IwAR2KWqPJxqniu7Cc0bs4AjnwU8GpLEmzhYBX1veloxNa1xTwxdlyM3rzRJU
"There is no end state in our relations with Europe. There are only millennia of collaboration, conquest, disputes, exchange, competition and alliance."