that the agreement is interpreted is a bit less legalistic. taking account of the sensitivities and political, economic and otherwise, but the most important point, no renegotiation of the actual agreement itself which is what the uk is calling for. that will be one place where they rub up against each other, so what is the nuclear option? forthe uk other, so what is the nuclear option? for the uk we have talked about it before, article 16 of the protocol which allows either side to suspend parts of the deal if it is causing what are known as economic or social difficulties, that is what the text says, and the uk says that is happening at the moment and the eu says you have not even giving it a proper chance to implement the dealfully and you a proper chance to implement the deal fully and you are already complaining so that is another point of tension. what could the eu do in response? if the uk triggered article 16, the eu will respond, but a question of how quickly it