The Europe con

I am old. Not as old as the Chewky Embra, but old enough to have seen most things before.
In my lifetime a succession of British Prime Ministers have gone off to 'get a better deal from Europe'. They have always come back, boasting of the good deal they got, when, in truth, very little was conceded by Europe, which is more interested in doing things which benefit all the member countries, than in things which benefit only one.
Now we have Theresa May going off to try the same con. What does she think she is going to negotiate? 
The club has fees, rules and benefits. Obey the rules, pay the fees and you can get the benefits.
We say we don't like the rules or the fees, so we are leaving the club. But we still want the benefits.
When Europe says: Dream on, May complains the Eurocrats are trying to punish us. This is arrogant nonsense.
More than 50 years ago, Harold Macmillan came back from Europe with his tail between his legs because General de Gaulle had said Non.
I will be interested to see what May boasts about when Europe ends the negotiations with Britain because we don't understand Non.