Crackednips >"you and I could argue and counter argue, all kinds of possible scenarios and outcomes. Truth is: no one can see into the future and in my view, the regaining of our sovereignty will be well worth any struggle."
Yes, that's fine but as a very strong believer in the EU, I think Project Fear was the most pathetic game played by, frankly, uncaring UK politicians thinking only of their own careers. The reality is that with sterling down 20% on the year, and job losses quietly growing in the background (no one reports these but they happen week on week), again we are being misled by our politicians and the newspapers who seem incapable of giving a balanced view.
(Incidentally there are already many instances of businesses moving from the UK and the full economic effects of Brexit have not been felt yet because until March 2019 we are still fully paid up members of the EU!) For more information, see FT Brexit business impact tracker.
So I agree with you that if you and the significant majority of the UK electorate are happy to trade an immediate 20% reduction in the value of our economy, together with the uncertainty as to what will happen in a 3-5 yr horizon (because only then we really know what the value of EU membership was to the UK economy) then absolutely fine!
The point is that too many people are imagining that they will get increased prosperity, increased wealth and can supposedly "take back control" when there is very considerable risk that potentially, we will have a ten year period of considerable economic stress (reduced standards of living). Do we want to take this risk in exchange for very few, as yet unknown, potential benefits?