I could begin by bellyaching about the fact that I think this Referendum should not be called. That it has been because of the need for the leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party to appease his own troops.

That said, I will vote Remain because

… I am not afraid of immigration. Human beings have always migrated for centuries. I think it is a lie to suggest that immigration has robbed Britons of their jobs. Yet, the even bigger lie is that the poorest in our communities have been allowed to believe that this is true, and politicians of different hues and rosettes have encouraged this.

…I believe in partnerships and co-operation, and that there is not just one way of doing things. That agreeing together on climate change, environment, the mass migration of human beings is better than many different, incoherent approaches.

… we are at our best when we do things together, when we pool our resources and share with our neighbours (not just those next door). Sharing inevitably means that I cannot always have something that I might want.

…I realise that Britain needs its neighbours…. Gone are the days when the problems of the world could be solved by one nation acting unilaterally. The idea of Britain standing alone is partly mythical. In World War 2, it was not just plucky Britons standing up against the Nazis, but men and women from the Commonwealth, as well as the Free French, Dutch etc etc. Then those wonderful Commonwealth citizens were invited to help shape a new future for Britain. Britain depends, it always has and always will, on migration.

… the EU, rather than the British Left, have lately been the organisation that have reminded us we are not just individual economic units

… As a Christian, I want to say that we are interdependent with others. That we are committed to each other, no matter what… and we do not walk away just because we do not get our own way. It is not undemocratic to be outvoted…

… I am aware that the EU is not perfect. Then neither is Westminster, Cardiff Bay, Holyrood or Stormont. I am not and neither are you. It costs money to be part of the club, but not as much as is being peddled by the Leave Campaign.

… Sometimes the EU has been right and the UK wrong…. sometimes in recent history, the UK has committed itself to armed action and the EU has not, and perhaps it will be judged aright

I don’t want the status quo.

But I don’t want to walk out on our friends…. and then have the temerity to think we can have the benefits of being in the club, without being part of it.

I will vote Remain…