Miles Saltiel said ministers could help Britain’s case by “channelling their inner Donald Trump” in a high-stakes gambit by arguing that the EU owes us as much as a trillion euros - about £865billion. That dwarfs the 60 billion euros, about £52billion, the EU is threatening to bill Britain for to cover existing and future spending commitments. Yesterday it emerged the German government is being advised that Britain could be sued in the International Court of Justice in The Hague if it tries to leave without paying its “divorce bill”. A leaked paper for German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble claimed Britain was ... (full story)