UK Brexit, questions from an American

[SofaKingHigh]

Crack on, each year up until 2014.

http://en.classora.com/reports/t24369/ge...011&fields= [...]

Riiiight... Any idea why USSR is nowhere on that list, regardless of year? I seem to remember, that it was quite a big player in the world economy, at one point or another.

From memory, I actually thought we were 4th around that time, but I was wrong it seems.

Check 2011, we were 7th.

Also, 6th in the late 80's - early 90's, according to this particular webpage, except USSR was still a thing at the time. This ranking seems a bit arbitrary and doesn't quite agree with what I'm seeing on wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank...ies_by_GDP). I'm not saying, that wikipedia is a very reliable source, but at least it knows about Russia's existence...

 
I have no idea, I did notice that myself after seeing yours, but as it is missing from both, it doesn't seem to make much difference.

Besides, the point still stands, our position in the world economy has remained pretty constant, EU or not.  Argue minutae all you like.

I understand that, as a leave voter, I am a racist, a bigot, definitely not educated to any standard......watching the foamy mouthed reaction to all this is quite astounding.  

The majority of the voting British public wanted out.  Anybody thinking those 16m+ voters are all uneducated racists are, quite frankly, fucking morons.