^This a big part of the problem. A lack of independent accurate information. All the public has to go on is what politicians and vested interest groups tell them, plus carefully selected drip feed from the media.

No one really knows or understands the implications of staying in or leaving, because no one can predict the future with any kind of accuracy.

You can spout all you like about social and economic implications, but it is all an opinion and nothing more.

No doubt major multinationals and the finance industry will have done their homework and come up with a plan A and B to suit both possible outcomes.