WELL, the gun’s been fired and on 23 June we all face a momentous decision.
Do we remain in the EU, or leave?
From the moment I was first selected in 2006, and then elected in 2010, I have made my position very clear.
I have no doubt we’d be freer, safer, more prosperous and in control of our destiny if we left.
The EU, as it was first envisaged, has changed beyond recognition.
What was sold as a trading agreement is now an unwieldy bureaucracy, run from the centre, with “ever closer union” its central theme.
The free movement of people, another founding principle, has been shown to be what it is: a farce and totally irresponsible.
Not only is it attracting tens of thousands of economic migrants and refugees, who risk life and limb for a better life, but terrorists are heading our way too.
The Prime Minister’s so-called reforms have achieved little, with our borders still exposed and vulnerable.
And the so-called “special status” that Mr Cameron trumpets is now being interrogated by Justice Secretary Michael Gove, no less.
He claims the deal is not legally binding, as do others.
In short, those voting to remain in the EU on 23 June could be wasting their time.
The EU has become like nanny, under whose skirts we cling and cower.
Nanny’s had her day and it’s time to break free and put the Great back into Britain, which I have no doubt we can do.
Of course there will be challenges, new trade agreements to chase and sign, but with a positive heart and hard work the British people will, I guarantee, thrive and prosper.