I'm still waiting for somebody from any part of the leave side to give me something concrete* that is a single real benefit of leaving.
*and vague "we can make trade deals" is not concrete. Trade deals with who? What makes it different to the EU and the rest of the world? How do we avoid India's demands that Britain take in hundreds of thousands of Indians every year more than the EU could?
All of the 'major' reasons for leaving have been shown repeatedly to be based on pure bullshit, misinterpretation, misinformation or pure ignorance.
More money? nope (Let’s assume that import prices from the EU rise about 30% across the board. That’s a reasonable figure, given WTO tariffs for food are 22%, and the average person buys much more than that from the EU: electronics, clothes, cosmetics, cars, and so on, many of which have even higher tariffs.
If tariffs rise 30% across the board, the UK’s import bill to the EU will then be £290 billion. That’s a difference of £67 billion from the bill without tariffs. But EU membership costs only £8.5 billion? So how much is the UK going to lose from Brexit? £58.5 billion pounds.)
Sovereignty? nope (We are a sovereign nation within the EU, we will go from one of the biggest global players, creating framework for European economy and foreign policy, reduced to desperately seeking allies and trade agreements on the other side of the globe, bending over backwards for Trump. It's going to cede sovereignty bit by bit across the globe as we scrabble for trade deals.)
Less Immigration? nope (EU citizens provide a net benefit for the UK economy and public services, and Davis has already said immigration will not be reduced)
Democracy? nope (The UK gets a say at every part of the democratic process, and the people who make these processes are decided at both a domestic General Election level and the European Election level in the Commision, the Council, and the Parliament.)
