> I think it's safer to discuss religion Totally agree. (Disclosure: I voted ‘remain’). If I do have to debate Brexit, I tend to focus on the massive opportuni

> I think it's safer to discuss religion Totally agree. (Disclosure: I voted ‘remain’). If I do have to debate Brexit, I tend to focus on the massive opportunity cost [0] of the leave decision. To manage Brexit, the UK government has created a new department: Department for Exiting the European Union [1] which has ~650 full time employees, not including contractors and management consultants. Other existing government departments, and several companies, have staff devoted to developing Brexit plans and contingency plans. This need for people and their time will continue for years as new post-Brexit processes and laws come into effect. All this at a time when the UK has several problems that need to be managed, e.g. the NHS’s funding crisis, the lack of affordable housing, and many others. Front-line services (the UK term for actual police on the beat, nurses on wards, social workers who help the vulnerable, etc) have been dramatically cut over the last few years as a result of austerity spending, and yet we have had to create a massive number of posts and roles to manage the Brexit process. Vast amounts of parliamentary time are also devoted to managing Brexit (or not) rather than dealing with other problems. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_for_Exiting_the_European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_for_Exiting_the_Eur...