If it is indeed the case that Brexit would destabilise Europe and that it would be a financial disaster with unquantifiable consequences, why on earth are we having this referendum? Surely to call it is madness? Or if it is instead the case that Brexit will bring great benefits in trade and jobs how exactly is this so?
The British public are faced with the extraordinary spectacle of a public contest between the serving prime minister and the man who intends to replace him, each in turn served by followers echoing blood curdling or Utopian prophesies depending on which side they are on, which rather than inform, simply confuse. The root of the difficulty is that this referendum is not really about Europe, it is about two wings of the Tory party, split ever since Thatcher and perhaps well before, finally busting apart and fighting it out.
This is democratically ridiculous. It is like a general election in which one party is fighting against itself from each side. If our economy was as robust as the muddled Chancellor as his fumbling Treasury assert, how is it that our shrunken manufacturing sector is now officially in recession? Is that truly a symptom of a strong economy? Whether it may be better to stay or leave seems to be beyond coherent analysis. What is clear is that with the economy in the state it is, this is no time to fool about with a referendum. It is like playing with petrol in a house already on fire.