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Other experts are convinced the situation will get far worse. They refer to the plight of industries that today profit from the integration into the EU, with one major such business being the car industry. Global firms such as Nissan and Ford have already drawn up detailed plans for cutbacks and more will likely follow.

Should there be a chaotic disruption at the borders on November 1, Swiss firms obviously won't escape the trouble and ensuing costs related to the waste of time.

Risking the Cohesion of the Country

Still, the U.K. and EU will be sitting down to negotiate new contracts, whether the country leaves with or without a deal. After all, the erstwhile partners will want to trade goods and services even after an acrimonious divorce.

Also, the last word hasn't been spoken – the political risks to the country are not to be underestimated. Forces in most regions of the U.K. feel vindicated in their drive to depart from the union by London's perceived disinterest in their plight.

Treading on Thin Ice

And that's why parties including the Liberal Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to overturn the decision to leave the EU. They are left to lead the fight by a Labour Party that seems unwilling to come done on one or the other side worried about its Leave-voters within its ranks. With a waver-thin majority of one (despite support from the Northern Irish unionists), Boris Johnson is treading on very thin ice.