Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games.
The idea seems to be to use the next treaty talks to strike a grand bargain: Britain will be helpful to those states wishing to establish a fiscal union among themselves if, in exchange, we can amicably derogate from the aspects of the EU which we dislike.
Writing fiction, there are no limits to what you write as long as it increases the value of the paper you are writing on.