How was it abject surrender?
“You’ll get the same deal you had before. You’ll still be subject to our dictates. Only now you don’t get a vote. AND you will need a permission slip from us before even thinking about leaving again.”
The only appropriate answer to that is “eff you”.
No. They don’t need a permission slip to leave. That’s a lie.
The UK needs to resolve its promise for the Irish border and leave.
And even more so, until then it gets ALL the rights of a member except to vote.
It’s like you saying you ant to leave a club but don’t know when. So the club says ok, keep paying the dues like any other member bu no voting on matters that will br some after you leave. Or just leave now.
You have yo solve the irish border issue first