More concerning your claim that Britons are just going to merrily be able to continue living in the EU because of the Vienna convention - here's what the UK's own government says:
"5.9 Many UK citizens would want any negotiations to secure their continued right to work, reside and own property in other EU states, and to access public services such as medical treatment in those states. UK citizens resident abroad, among them those who have retired to Spain, would not be able to assume that these rights will be guaranteed. At the very least, any terms which the UK seeks for its own citizens would have to be offered to EU citizens wishing to come to or stay in this country"
I know you don't want to *believe* that. But what you choose to believe has no reality on what actually is the case. And even if it was a mere "party A can interpret it one way, party B another way" - do you really think that the EU is in a position right now of wanting to do you any favours as "party B"?
Either you accept other EU citizens and they accept yours, or you don't, and they don't. They're not going to give you a one-way deal. Period. That is simply in the realms of fantasy to think that you could get such a thing.
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More concerning your claim that Britons are just going to merrily be able to continue living in the EU because of the Vienna convention - here's what the UK's own government says:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/504216/The_process_for_withdrawing_from_the_EU_print_ready.pdf
"5.9 Many UK citizens would want any negotiations to secure their continued right to work, reside and own property in other EU states, and to access public services such as medical treatment in those states. UK citizens resident abroad, among them those who have retired to Spain, would not be able to assume that these rights will be guaranteed. At the very least, any terms which the UK seeks for its own citizens would have to be offered to EU citizens wishing to come to or stay in this country"
I know you don't want to *believe* that. But what you choose to believe has no reality on what actually is the case. And even if it was a mere "party A can interpret it one way, party B another way" - do you really think that the EU is in a position right now of wanting to do you any favours as "party B"?
Either you accept other EU citizens and they accept yours, or you don't, and they don't. They're not going to give you a one-way deal. Period. That is simply in the realms of fantasy to think that you could get such a thing.