OK Rob but what about facts?
Around 400 000 British people reside in France
in Scotland (who voted to stay in UK)
In poll, 58% of Scots now say they are in favor of their region becoming independent from the UK.
And when they voted to stay in UK, it is because they were told that they would be kicked out of the E.U. (not Europe since UK will ever be part of Europe lol) if they were no more part of the UK (lol again).
As for the future of E.U, Rome was not built in one day but good luck to you as well, being alone to "discuss" (the world being what it is in our time) with China, the USA, Russia and so on.
Having so many languages is not only a difficult, it is a cultural wealth spread all around the world, as is the wonderful European culture as a whole. NB: with the technological progresses, the language barriers won't be such a problem in a near future.
I am French but my father is German (as is, in part, the British royal family ) and I feel firstly as a French guy, of course, but then as European and anyway a human being on a very little and fragile planet. I am not naïve there but optimistic.
In the end, if we can't live more openly on every level (political, economical, cultural, religious and so on), I fear that the Humanity will not have a bright future or no future at all.
In this way, one can see the brexit as a kind of regress but we know, don't we, that history is not linear and has its "hiccup".
We can agree that we disagree on the matter but even the best friends don't always agree. Do they?