“There will be a short period, probably measured in weeks, in which there will still be a bit of hysteria—no doubt about that—but then what will surface will be in the national interest of this country.”
In an exclusive interview with Prospect, David Davis, the Conservative MP for Haltemprice and Howden and prominent Brexiteer, rejected the idea that the European Union will seek to punish Britain if we vote to leave on 23rd June: “It’s highly unlikely—you’re talking tiny fractions of a per cent—that the EU will stick to a punitive line.” Not when “we are Germany’s fastest growing market—we’re their biggest export market within the EU.”