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I agree, and I've said that elsewhere in the comments. Thing is, this is going to come back and bite many of the people who think they're voting for more freedom. Poverty doesn't make you free.

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> Poverty doesn't make you free.

Incredibly true. People who have the fortune to believe that ‘personal choice’ reigns supreme can’t imagine what it’s like when you only have one choice.

The UK isn't going to turn into a 3rd world country anytime soon and the Economy at the moment is still growing faster than Germany and is projected to continue after the 31st.

Unfortunate analogy in a situation with two clear distinct choices though.

Where does the poverty angle come in?

By leaving the EU, where we were a net contributor, how is that going to make us poor?

Genuine question, I only ever saw that argument (with no data, I might add) from hardcore remainers like SNP.

These are just the figures so far. This doesn't take into account things that are yet to happen like losing access to the single market (proximity is a far better predictor of economic exchange than culture, so talk of trade deals with Australia and New Zealand need to be taken with a huge pinch of salt), withdrawal from EU trade deals which are going to take a long time to renegotiate piecemeal (and which we're unlikely to get on the same terms as a separate entity), etc. The UK government has recently made noises to the effect that they're not interested in regulatory alignment with the EU, which is harmful because they're our biggest trading partner. To be clear, the EU is going to suffer too, but nothing like as much as the UK.

I don't disagree that there will be ups and downs but money talks.

1 in every 7 German cars is bought in the UK. I couldn't find a price tag for that but it will be £Billions. Easily.

There will still be deals made across the EU with the UK... there is too much money at stake not to.

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