I am fast beginning to wish this referendum had never come about. Not because I fear the result, but because it seems to be tearing the nation apart. We are all in one camp or the other, and we are beginning to hate each other. I’ve always been hot tempered when it comes to politics – a mixture of my greek genes and cp, I think but at the moment whenever I see an outer on tv, I feel a searing hatred towards him. I care passionately about this country and it’s future. I care about people, especially those with a disadvantage. What I see is a bunch of nationalists trying to mislead people into voting for a future where inequality will become more overt and the strong will dominate the weak. Their lies, their crass insincerity, their selfishness, appall me.

The debate has descended into the lowest form of discourse. Insults are being openly hurled on both sides, like two groups of football fans, half drunk on cheap larger, chanting vileness at each other. I can’t help but get caught up in it. Is this what we have become? A load of brutes, hating one another simply because we see things differently? The european referendum is tearing us apart: brother against brother, father against son, husband against wife. The hatred is building, and I worry where it will lead us.