Pointless Witterings

I've not known anything other than the EU. Having been born after John Major left power, but before the tragic death of Princess Diana, I have only ever really experienced Britain as a major player in the European game, which it always was, particularly with regards to the many conflicts that were prevalent throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries. However, on the 23rd June (the day after I inch a bit closer to becoming a full adult by turning 19), the whole of the country could be seismically changed. For if Britain votes to leave the EU, and attempt to stand on it's own two feet, I feel we could end up making a massive mistake, and Britain could be plunged back into the kind of true uncertainty that dominated the governments of the 50's and 60's. Any future prosperity would be put on a knife edge, simply because of this perceived power shift that could occur, and some jingoistic notion of Britain 'standing tall' again. I certainly believe that it'...