Become eye-wateringly expensive to live in?
Specialise in niche manufacturing that we do well.
By its very nature, ‘niche’ means small
JCB will serve as an example
Good, we can make tractors like the soviets did
Owned by India, may well decide being in Europe is better than being out
Owned by ze Germans, who may decide keeping manufacturing within the EU is easier
Good to a point, but we threw away our world beating status in the aviation industry about the same point in time as Brexit campaigners think we can go back to
Military stuff like rockets (BAE)
Excellent. Just what the world needs. More bombs.
Bits and bobs won’t build you an economy
Mostly Airbus, who are mooting the idea of leaving
…only works well when you’re not in the middle of a huge, self-inflicted recession
And with the exception of banking, we need to import raw materials and energy for all those industries to operate. Those raw materials and energy are now 10% more expensive.