[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Being devils advocate for a moment, it could be argued that whilst it would be nice to see the EU implode, what if it didn’t and we left and we’d be an isolated country facing the combined and pooled diplomatic, political and economic resources of a very large and spurned quasi-empire that will want to crush us and make us suffer for our impertinence at leaving them. We don’t have the juice to negotiate on equal terms with a political entity 10 times our size in population and a much larger economy.

[DugwayDuke]

“Being devils advocate for a moment, it could be argued that whilst it would be nice to see the EU implode, what if it didn’t and we left and we’d be an isolated country facing the combined and pooled diplomatic, political and economic resources of a very large and spurned quasi-empire that will want to crush us and make us suffer for our impertinence at leaving them. We don’t have the juice to negotiate on equal terms with a political entity 10 times our size in population and a much larger economy.”

We could offer you territorial status...

[SunkenCiv]

Perhaps that’s worth worrying about, but some years ago, Ireland’s land got expensive, and Irish farmers, producing for the EU (or perhaps still EEC) market, wound up leasing or buying land in Britain to expand their production. Wheat is wheat is wheat, the UK product would wind up in Europe anyway. :’)

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

You're assuming that the EU would continue to negotiate as a block. With a Brexit, it would be a free for all. We'd end up negotiating with individual countries and or smaller factions again. the way it was.

Everyone still wants to sell their wares here.