Neither did you say it was common sense that only applies to those who think it sensible.
I don’t know, really, I suppose it just makes (common) sense to think about something before you say it. Otherwise there is the danger of saying something silly.
So the sense isn’t common at all, then, it is sense that applies specifically to you.
Life will go on, and most of the time we won’t know if we are better or worse off for leaving the EU. That won’t prevent people from continuing to make claims one way or the other, of course. I do seem to remember, though, that our weather was better before we joined the Common Market, so that, perhaps, could be cause for some optimism.
Not as I remember it. Jobs were badly paid, mortgages were hard to get compared to now, industries were indeed thriving but also in decline, awful polution from the Victorian industries, and a very low standard of living for Joe Public. Then there was polio, TB, rickets, and more. I was born before the NHS and poverty in many parts was intense. We Boomers didn’t live in a land of milk and honey by any means. If I could be born into the world today I’d jump at the opportunity with both hands