Brexit dilemma

There have been non-stop complaints about what is going on with Brexit. No one, not it seems even the British government negotiators, knows how it's all going to end up. Are we going to be half in and half out, in other words staying in the single market and the EU customs union but exiting everything else - is there anything else? - or is going to be a total break-up with no trade deal or will it be a decent trade deal but not in the single market, and who knows about the free movement of labour and the future of EU citizens in the UK and British citizens living and working in the EU? That about sums up the ignorance. We haven't a clue what life is going to be like after March 2019 - deadline month for leaving the EU - and it's no wonder everyone, not just the politicians, is beginning to get seriously fed up. Can you imagine being someone who runs a business with a lot of European sales or links? How is he or she going to plan for the future when the future is so uncertain? The UK Government's position is: leave it to us, we're in the midst of negotiations and we can't reveal our hand. Well, ok, if you're playing poker you keep your hand to your chest and only display what you have when you've got what you want, your rivals have either throw in their hand or have begun to look vaguely suicidal and you have calculated what huge sum you're going to win by bluffing all the way to the very end. But this is not a game of cards. This is about our lives, our way of life and the lives of our children. We cannot remain in total ignorance of what the politicians are up to. If Theresa May indicates she is prepared to pay out, say, £40 billion to the EU as an exit fee should we not have a say in that? What will it mean for our eoonomy? That is more than our total annual defence spending for example! Where will the money come from? And why do we need to feel obliged to pay the EU all that money? As I have made clear before, I voted Remain, so I'm not happy about anything to do with leaving the EU, but as this country seems set on doing just that, I don't want the EU bureaucrats to screw us and our economy. We will still be part of Europe even when we leave the EU, so let's get this new arrangement sorted out fast, without all this pussyfooting around and disagreeable whispering. Do a deal that will make sense for this country and for Europe as a whole. It can't be that difficult.