Brexit means Brexit

But what does Brexit mean.
As the markets begin to unfurl their distaste of leaving the Common Market with all its interlinking surety of people to trade with and a labyrinth of special deals and which fed money and resources into parts of the country often ignored by national government.
Divorce is always messy and usually painful to all concerned.
Of course when one partner becomes intolerable then it inevitable but often the intolerance of the partner is wrapped up in ones own prejudice.
The EU is in part a bureaucratic nightmare relying on an un-elected governing body, not accountable to the national wishes of any one nation. It's modus operandi has been greater integration of the nation states which make up the continent on the basis that greater integration means greater strength. Greater ties mean a slow nudge towards a Federal State which will once and for all deny the nationalism which has destroyed the continent in the past.
Nationalism has many strengths and can be admired in so many ways. It defines a people and their many cultures, it binds and makes common cause for a people who recognise each other usually by language but often by habit and tradition.

 The federal Europe which the bureaucrats wish to foist on the people of Europe has no tradition of its own and is opaque in its system of governance. It is idealistic in its intentions which is no bad thing but behind it all is the power of the unelected.  An anathema in the furtherance of transparency and the need to hold people to account for their actions.

The divorce procedure which is about to start will leave both parties the worse off. The spoils of the divorce settlement usually mean both side are financially wounded sometimes mortally, so and it is always worth a look at the events which led up to the split before plunging off the edge. Sometimes amicable separation is the answer where a little distance allows perspective and old criticisms are seen for what they are worth in the light of the totality of the new situation.
In the throws of argument, the claim and counter claim distort the opportunity for conciliation, but the heat of past prejudice is a meal best eaten cold.