Mike Packwood

Driving into work this morning, we were discussing a fundamental and long lasting decision we're about to have to make about our future. No, I'm not referring to whether we should catch up with Hinterland tomorrow, or watch Young Montalbano, (that's easy, Hinterland every time), but about the future of the UK and the yes or no decision on leaving the European Union. The general consensus was that at the last general election in May the Conservatives were forced to promise a referendum because if they hadn’t, we might all have voted for UKIP , which would in turn have led to another hung parliament. The Conservatives didn’t want that and so promised a referendum of their own over Europe to ensure they won the election.  Whether or not that is exactly how it came to be, we’re about to be faced with the most important (voting) decision we’re ever likely to be asked to make. Unlike a general election where you can get it wrong, on the basis that another one will be a