This will probably be the first of many blog entries i make on the subject, but I want to state openly and absolutely that I want the uk to stay in the European Union. As far as I am concerned leaving the eu would be a monumental act of folly. It would mean a catastrophic pulling up of the drawbridge; a withdrawal from the world along outdated nationalistic lines. We cannot let such stupidity prevail. That’s not to say I oppose holding a referendum: the sooner its held, the sooner the issue can be put to bed, and the sooner Farage and his bunch of twits are made irrelevant. But of course, that assumes voters make the sensible choice.