I disagree. Leaving the EU will permanently make the UK poorer and less influential in the world and, depending on if we re-enter the EEA, permanently make the British less free. The influence will dwindle as time masks its affects with other events and decisions but the impact will last.
We're looking at a decade of uncertainty as new deals are renegotiated, and economy depressed by that uncertainty for the entire time. We're looking at potentially decades of weaker trade and weaker investment as a result of not being part of the EU. Perhaps worse, our sharply decreased world influence will limit our ability to shape the continent we sit in and the wider world in ways that suit us.
This isn't about losing out for five years; it's about losing out for your entire lifetime. It's about your children growing up with less rights in a country with a smaller economy and less meaning on the world stage.
You left out 'chicken little' when quoting me!
Your negativity on the capacity and the capability of the British, government, people and industry to resolve our position and trade within a decade astonishes me. That is more than ample time and IMO will take a lot less notwithstanding all the back of the queue comments.
The UK may well gain on the world stage once the dust settles, that is a possibility.
The effects are not quantifiable as once the change is made, politicians and economists will argue endlessly what if scenarios either way.
Rights are not gained from the EU, they are gained by people by consent and will not be lost through exiting the EU. Except the right by any EU citizens to reside in the UK maybe.