You clearly haven’t read my comment, Siderite. It says: “…obviously Brexit will have made an impact and I’ve no doubt whatever that might have been negative from an economic perspective”.
Obviously I can’t comment on what your ‘friends and colleagues’ criticised you for, Deerey, but on this board there were plenty of comments claiming that those voting for Brexit were anti-immigration and racist. Even if people did vote because of immigration that did not and does not make them racist.
I have no problem at all with immigration and believe it to be a good thing. The downside is that this inevitably puts a lot more pressure on public services, including the NHS, and that is a problem.