I didn't base my voting decision on economists' opinions, I based it firstly on economic facts, i.e. the declared state of the UK economy at the time. This was in excellent health, and considering we had been members of the EU for so long, it was apparent that membership of the EU wasn't quite a disaster.
Secondly I based it on what might be expected to happen in the future, and what we might do if one or other decision was a mistake. I've explained this already.
But here it is -
If we leave, we might go into recession but we cannot re-join: or we might do well but we could still leave if that would be better.
If we remain, we might go into recession but we can still leave to escape this. Or we can stay and experience the drive towards political union. If that is good economically, I will be for it. If bad, we can resist it, by leaving the EU at that time if necessary.
Finally, nobody could say with certainty then or now that remaining or leaving would be an economic disaster. Neither political party then wanted to leave, but now neither want to stay. I may not trust them very much but I trust them to be able to hire the best economic advisors and to want to keep their own jobs, so it seems unlikely they were or are wishing to commit career suicide.
