They are eight times bigger than us. They'll manage without us. You should have listened to Start The Week this morning. All round the world, people are scratching their heads as to why a little country should be cutting itself adrift. The world is dominated by big hitters such as Russia, China, the US and India. We are making ourselves into small fry. They don't particularly need us as trading partners and will call the shots in any trade deals we try to achieve. At the same time, trade with the EU will tougher. Our economy, on every available forecast, will shrink. But you brexiteers are fine with all that. You call it "taking back control."