I hope so, and I don’t wish any harm to my British friends (well, I hope everyone will be ok, I certainly don’t wish any harm to my fellow Europeans on the continent either).

But there are many reasons why the EU could fare better over the long term. More people (and a bigger unified internal market), more land (and natural resources), more industry, for a start. The thing with the UK is that a lot of that is self inflicted and mind bogglingly stupid. Why are the conservatives still in power? The whole political system is holding the country back.