As anyone who reads this blog knows, I am a European. I think the European Union is a good idea. Working with other countries is good; working alone is bad.
I also like immigrants. Anyone who has the initiative to leave where they are and go somewhere else to get a better life is likely to be more successful than somebody who stays in Hull or Tirana and complains that there are no jobs.
And I question the belief that where we are born defines us. Governments think it does and gives us passports to reinforce that view. Politicians also claim that people who were born somewhere else are sufficiently different to be a threat.
In this internet-connected society, we are defined by who we are, who our friends are, what interests and beliefs we have. I have more in common with people who have worked in newspapers, people who follow football and people interested in technology, wherever they are in the world, than I have with people in Britain who are interested in religion or TV personalities.
My interest in politics is not soley in Westminster; it is in how people in different countries tackle the problems we all face.
The internet is international. Big companies are international. Refugees are international. Crime and terrorism are international. If nation states are to survive, they must join forces with other nation states to become international, too.
Deciding to pull out of an international group because you don't like foreigners or you think our governments are so good they should be allowed to work without any help from outside, is obtuse.
And politicians who play on people's fears about immigrants have always been dangerous.
Please vote Remain on Thursday.
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