Hi Matt,
Thank you for your words and for the conversation we've had on here, you have given us all on here more of an insight from the Ireland perspective and food for thought.
I really do hope there's a happy ending for all too as your 100% right when you say it will be the poor who take the brunt of any problems, as per usual. The tax exiles in SI will still be OK.
I don't think anyone expects a really smooth transition between in/ out, it's looking far too complicated but one needs to ask - are the EU making things overly hard for Britain? It looks like it to me, but others might think otherwise.
I'm a bit frightened by it all TBH but after traveling through and across France 3 times recently seeing all the WW1 and WW2 war memorials I'm also worried about why the collective European Govts. got the new Russian objectives so wrong and demobbed much NATO kit across Europe.... The poor always take the brunt of any conflict
All the best to you Matt, hopefully we can converse in future about more lighter/ happier things.
Chris