It means gradual stagnation and eventually

In this, whatever superficial value there may be in pooling sovereignty to take advantage of market size is retarded by the lack of agility and internal bickering for diplomatic resource. It makes us a second rate influence inside the EU and diminishes our global reach. This is why a vote to remain would be a real tragedy for Britain.

It means gradual stagnation and eventually will will have another disastrous one size fits all policy that once again will wipe out British industrial sectors that can never be replaced. For sure it won't happen overnight and so slowly that nobody will really notice or understand why, but that is our "certainty" as continued EU members.

I concede that Brexit offers no guarantees - but the risks are massively overstated. What we can say at the very least is that by leaving the EU we will achieve a more equitable relationship with the EU - and one that puts to bed a niggling dispute that will never be truly resolved until we do leave. That can either be now under amicable terms - or later -when we are forced by circumstance.

Brexit ultimately puts us back in the driving seat - and how well we do out of it is entirely up to us. That is really what sovereignty is about. Self-determination and democracy will never be a quaint, antiquated concept. Without it we cease to have any control in a world that has never been more uncertain.