The UK will ultimately get what it wants.
That's the belief of Chief Minister Allan Bell.
Speaking on today's Sunday Opinion programme Mr Bell said having a morale right is one thing but in the real world might is right, as Jersey and Guernsey have been finding out to their cost and the Isle of Man experienced with regard to the VAT agreement.
Mr Bell says anyone who thinks otherwise has "a very skewed view" of what real politics is like in the present environment.
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