Hey man dont get defensive. Im agreeing with pretty much everything you said here. By step back I mean back from just looking as brexit being something that is a done deal that will require burning of immediate resources. Internal political capital will be wasted immediately but the vote that has concequneces and starts more serious talks doesn't mean an immediate break from the EU or renegotiation of agreements. I may have come out too apocalyptic, that was not my intent. I only meant that a lot of the consequences of brexit will become immediately obvious through some of of the forms I mentioned while many of the gains would only be realized years down the road if brexit actually got completed out.If you're going to accuse someone of losing perspective, perhaps you should champion a position more moderated than them, rather than less.