"As we survived and thrived for centuries before without the EU"
We had an Empire, Industries and a system capable of suppressing discontent.
We may have the latter, but the others all long gone.
Brexit has been a shambles and has opened the door to the worst aspects of humanity - Trump being the worst example so far, with scum like Lepen waiting in the wings..
Now we are in the process of deciding who we are to be dependent of in the future
Jim Carroll