ALLIES: Denmark is going to ‘punish’ Britain when Brexit talks begin.

“We’ll be rather selfish,” Denmark’s former foreign minister Martin Lidegaard said.

“Brexit has changed it all. Instead of looking at the common benefit and pool our interest, we will get into a game where all of us look more selfish, more narrow-minded,” he said.

The word currently coming from Copenhagen is that Denmark — a country where growing Euroscepticism is now a serious concern for the political establishment — will take a hard line when it comes to Brexit talks with Britain.

Most EU member states have not really made much progress when it comes to preparing for Brexit talks, the FT notes. This is largely down to the mystery surrounding Theresa May’s plans for when negotiations get underway.

But Denmark, a small nation in Northern Europe with more to lose from the downsizing of the EU compared to most other member states, has seemingly reached its position — and it means another headache for May and her cabinet.

“The political environment says that we should be friendly to the UK, that we should not punish it,” an unnamed figure at the heart of preparations explained.

“You need a friendly divorce. Then you look at the issues, and it is clear. It’s not to our advantage to be helpful and friendly.

The Anglosphere is looking better and better.