or it could end up being a very stupid move for the UK. No one knows.
Exiting the EU does not guarantee them more power when it comes to trade. Time will tell
Donner, the main issue with the EU is that is was nominally NOT a "State" (by design) but it was clearly acquiring State-like attributes over time generally one bureaucratic rule at a time with little or no input or control by the people being affected. I have no apocalyptic fears about a united Europe, like some, but no one should want a union that arises by misdirection, slight-of-hand, and ever increasing bureaucratic expansion with no checks and balances or democratic oversight.