All a possibility and if so...well two roads we all give up and accept a lower standard of living. Or we innovate, politically, socially and economically.
Politically they've taken a punch in the face...now it's happened take advantage and keep the pressure on.
Socially...the global genie is out of the bottle...we've all got used to seeing ourselves in terms of part of the world...I don't see a retreat back to some weird North Korean style closed state.
Economically? Well that's the painful one. But we always boast we are leaders in research etc ..we will have to be now..and maybe a path away from this nonsense of relying on the financial services industry...I mean they've caused all recent pain....even last night.
we can boast all we like but the harsh reality is that we have one of the lowest % of GDP invested in R&D of any country they have records for.
