Brexit pushback?

Finally, some pushback on the EU's bully boy tactics.
Today's news from the Times:
"Britain will refuse to pay its multibillion-pound Brexit divorce bill until Brussels backs down on attempts to keep Northern Ireland subject to European Union rules, David Davis warned last night. In an uncompromising letter sent to Tory MPs, the Brexit secretary said that Britain would not finalise financial payments to the EU until “all the issues” of concern to Britain had been addressed. "

Its been a sad, demoralising affair so far, as the UK seeks to sabotage itself and seemingly do the EU's work for them by undermining its own negotiating position.
From what I can see the EU have long since stopped negotiating, instead seizing on any reported split in opinion in UK papers and use it to make a statement of their own about their confusion as to what the UK's negotiated requests are. Which only serves to widen the cracks causing the UK to wage a negotiation on all sides rather than just the one outward side.

And the usual problem abounds, who are all these people? On one side are the recogniseable heads of state, on the other faceless European bureaucrats.

Well you will have to excuse me, but the EU negotiators should be dealing and speaking with the UK Gov'ts negotiating team, not the papers or any dissenting voices on either side. Those are internal affairs. And, anything else is a shallow attempt to gain leverage and take advantage of the situation (and that goes for both sides).

The people of the UK, all political parties, and the media also need to recognise this and close ranks. Again and again, whenever you hear or read an opinion, you have to ask what is in it for them? Personal ambitions, career enhancing, or just being heard to say I told you so?
Time and time again, disruption and weakness (the winds of change), are used as the smoke screen for a coup or democratic change of power with promises of something better, which ultimately is no improvement to the situation at all, as you are too weakened and disjointed. Personal ambitions and advantages are advanced however, and you find yourself having been just a pawn in someone else's game.

It seems that there has been a lack of respect throughout the whole affair too, from no voters attempting to label yes voters as lacking in education (can anyone truly determine which side has the most free will and the least amount of indoctrination?), to politicians manipulating the truth/facts, and worse, looking to advance their own agenda's at the cost to the UK, as well as EU negotiators speaking to the press directly at every opportunity to report how badly the UK negotiating team is doing, are they missing the point of a negotiation? Or taking advantage?

Its also not so long since that the Irish people voted against the EU's treaty of lisbon. Can't recall the issue of borders being a factor in that one. It also seems to me given the UK's bailout of Ireland during the credit crunch, it continues to give more relevant support which seems to be forgotten.

I have little confidence of this ending well for the UK, unless we stand behind the appointed negotiating representatives of this country and allow them to do their job.
Anything less, then, putting aside the interests of the few being advanced, the British people as a whole will likely be paying more for a weak negotiation and for longer.