what binman said...the EU are gagging for UK to give up and request Art50 be revoked. With Brexit, the EU stands to lose a lot of fund management (that infamous number on Boris's red bus wasn't actually wrong per se), plus if the UK are seen to be doing well post-Brexit, then the EU is in a lot of trouble.
This is the point I made yesterday which is why I could see the sense in having No Deal as an option to take to the table. Nobody wants it. The UK or the EU.
But obviously there's massive risks with it. I don't want it to happen, but I do see how taking that off the table at this stage (it should have been done right away) could weaken it even further.
I just don't think the EU let the UK revoke without some repercussions. Whether that's inital extra funding into the pot or whatever.
But thanks for pointing out - and I know you're more knowledgable on this than me - that the EU are very much wanting money from us and not the idylic entity that some (not on here) paint it out to be.