>With respect to "it's difficult to leave without screwing the economy", that seems hard to justify given the number of countries that are not in the EU and yet

>With respect to "it's difficult to leave without screwing the economy", that seems hard to justify given the number of countries that are not in the EU and yet which are not "screwed". Never having been in the EU is a totally different situation to being in the EU and leaving. No country has ever done that. I agree that May does intend to Brexit.