> As a British citizen, I'm appalled by the sentiment expressed here. It flies in the face of the ideas and values upon which the EU was founded. I'm not going to say anything beyond that.

This is basically a divorce -- and those things generally are filled with hurt feelings, lashing out, clearly competing interests and a scramble for the valuable assets. It is likely going to be more problematic on the weaker party (the UK) than it is on the stronger party (the EU.)