Whether the predictions come to pass or not is a guess by whoever makes it, but can we agree that there is a risk? Not being in the Euro also had risks attached, there was a long court case with the ECB who wanted all Euro denominated clearing to take place inside the Euro zone, the UK successfully argued against that at the EU general court.
There are definitely some in Europe who see financial services as a prize that is up for grabs.
Yes of course there is risk, there are risks within and outside the EU thats life, but at least acknowledge perhaps some opportunities as well, I was willing to accept having the Euro, I listened and listened and I was being told increased propserity if we joined and a missed opportunity if we didnt with the inevitable sanctions and penalties.
I was ready, I didnt even need to keep the Queens head on the notes, just let me have a slice of this propserity for me and my family, they wheeled out business leaders, big hitting politicians and experts, yes experts to convince me that the Euro was for us all and in the anti camp was the uneasy on the eye politician John Redwood, who articulated the reason why it was an incapatible political project and not to be in the interest of the UK and possibly the EU too, I couldnt be sure what did I know, but I soon found out that Redwood was clever and the others were'nt.
Yet still those business leaders, politicians and experts were wheeled out yet again for the referendum debates and still find a voice today for Remain long after the Brexit vote, to me they are charlatans, snake oil salesman without sense of their own past failings, I am no longer interested in future forecasts from Remainers and their undetermined risks.