Many small businesses only deal locally with local customers so it wouldn't occur to them that the effects of coming out of Europe would affect them. But of course it will. If there is an economic down turn those local customers will have less or no money to spend and that will affect local businesses as well those with international connections.
Remember Cornwall voted leave, despite being one of he biggest beneficiaries from EU funding because of its status as one of the poorer regions in the UK, plus benefitting from the milions, if not billions of £s poured into the farming industry.
I do not 'blame' anyone for the decisions they made in the referendum, whether they voted leave or stay. I blame the organisations on both sides for running truly appalling campaigns, they were mendacious, misleading and more concentrated on fighting each other than getting detailed and correct information out to voters to support their cause.
I doubt there were more than a handful of voters who were able to make an informed decision when they voted in the referendum. Most of us voted on an instinctive inclination to one side or another rather than a full and detailed knowledge and understanding of the issues involved, because there was no way of finding out what they were.
They don't really care do they
I am not a nasty person but ……
Is it me or am I getting mixed messages