Ladies and gentlemen NOTHING on the wires ... see below

Here are some potential explanations -

FT report France's Hollande says Britain must wear the consequences pf leaving the EU

  • "The UK wants to leave and pay nothing. It's not possible."

Hitting the wider press too:

  • Speaking at the Jacques Delors Institue in Paris, Hollande said: "Britain wants to leave, but doesn't want to pay. That's not possible."

Financial Times here (gated)

  • Britain must suffer the consequences of leaving the EU in order to save the institution from an existential crisis, François Hollande said on Thursday.
  • "There must be a threat, there must be a risk, there must be a price. Otherwise we will be in a negotiation that cannot end well."

Stern words indeed from the president of France. If you're gunna listen to some in the EU then you'd be listening to Germany and France. Still, that's a HUGE move on a comment.

more to come