The UK is no longer special, it used to be, while it was a member state, but it gave up all its special
arrangements the day it called for article 50, economic strength post Brexit is arguably debatable, the UK is to lose its passporting rights (banks in Britain can
trade on EU stock exchanges today, not once Brexit kicks in, the financial sector exports to EU weigh ~ # 35bn) and without clear
trade deals, which look
ever more unlikely given the simple solutions like customs union and single market do not seem to be feasible.