I mean when you look at it purely from a "are we all demonstrably better off in the EU" perspective then sure the UK has benefitted from membership. If however

I mean when you look at it purely from a "are we all demonstrably better off in the EU" perspective then sure the UK has benefitted from membership. If however you look at it from the point of view of "I hate people who look or speak different" the it's a different and frankly more miserable situation. I think the person you were replying to was of the latter persuasion.