Of course kicking the UK out so hard we enter a deep and instant recession, then turning to the others to say 'do you want some too?' is unlikely, isn't it? Do we seriously think the EU is going to give us all of the upside of the EU with none of the down? The Leave people have already said that their central plank on immigration is a lie, they will have to accept freedom of movement to get near a trade deal.
Oh, and there's this as well:
https://www.moodys.com/research/Moo...-sovereign-rating-to-negative-from--PR_350566
Nice, just lost our credit rating. That will help.
and
Posted at05:37 (BBC, no deep link available)
The White House has said that US President Barack Obama stands by comments he made that Britain would move to the "back of the queue" for trade talks in the event of a British exit from the EU, Reuters news agency reports.