I only have to think back to the sixties and the threat of the cold war turning a Europe split down the middle of on one side the communist bloc and the capitalist bloc.
I was in Berlin just after the Airlift when most of the so called democracies were preparing for Armageddon!
We had air raid drills against atomic weapons!
For me, Europe is about security and the fact that modern and forward looking countries are about coming together and building a peaceful world together.
When I look at the leave group, I realised most of these people, most of them head or a part of self interest groups and very right wing politics and probably part of the power brokers that have tried to destroy working class rights and are opposed to the rights bill.
I think it all comes down to what is right for this country.
Economics don't come into it for me. If you haven't got any, you are no worse off.
How many food banks are in France, Germany, Holland etc?
Europe except for the UK is mostly for social justice and how our tax dollars are spent.
It also about the rights of normal people.
Trust of the politicians is paramount to me, who do I trust to lead the people, some British Tory MP or some German politician.
You only have to visit the continent and work there as I have to see the difference in attitude and workers rights. It is getting worse after years of stamping all over the working and unemployment and now attacking the disabled and elderly.
This country is great when you've got a few Bob, if you haven't and can't earn, well, you are left out in the cold.
Immigration and migration is a big talking point.
You are never going to stop it no matter how what the politicians say.
There will be more leaving these shores simply because better wages and living standards are better if you are say a trained nurse in most other countries.
The most insidious thing about the whole immigration debate is if your super rich and want to move to Britain, they put the red carpet out!
If your not, then you have to go through all sorts of ridiculous red tape.
Finally, I worked in a car plant under the threat of closure for most of my 35 years there. The plant builds cars for fun, working conditions are relatively bad. This plant would definitely have closed twenty years ago.
If we pull out of Europe, one of the first major industrial groups to be hit by tariffs and tax and trade agreements is the car industry, this country is great at building cars, we have the best production figures of all the plants in Europe and in the rest of the world. This country is a world leader in car production. It wouldn't be if we pull out.
I have worked in Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, and I would have been part of the British group going to Katowice and St Petersburg to be involved in their start up building cars. I know that without Europe, this industry would be looking to relocate and close plants in Britain, which would hit all of the dependent industries.
At one time, we imported most of the car parts for production, that changed during the last Labour government.
There is more riding on the vote than most people consider.
A politicians job is to look after all the people.
It has never seemed so in this country.
We have to stay in Europe, we have to be a part of the global coming together.
If we don't stay in, I can see Scotland calling for independence and that would mean Tory rule forever!
That's not a thought I want to live with, as the next prospective candidate for Tory PM is Boris! (OMG!)