The term "expert" in the referendum debate almost always meant economists and referred to the long range economic impacts. You don't need to be an expert to kn

The term "expert" in the referendum debate almost always meant economists and referred to the long range economic impacts. You don't need to be an expert to know the EU will find all kinds of weird ways to try and "punish" the UK for leaving, you just have to listen to men like Juncker. Instead of convincing people their ideas are good, they are 100% focused on maximising the pain of disobeyed Brussels. None of these sorts of things were unexpected by anyone who voted out.