THE WOODWORK MUST BE LOADED WITH THEM.

During the last week or so, a number of declared europhiles have confessed to a Damacene conversion, by 'coming out', declaring their changes of heart, and are now of a sceptic persuasion. The first one of note was Oskar Lafountaine, the German politician, who was a forerunner in the creation of the failed currency, the Euro, which is strangling any possibility of growth within the member states, and holding up progress throughout the global economy. Next out of the blocks was Nigel Lawson, he now sits in the House of Lords in Westminster; he was a former Chancellor of the Exchequer under Margaret Thatcher. Finally, and refreshingly so, Denis Healy, another Chancellor from the past, a socialist no less; probably one of the few brighter ones. All three, along with much of the electorate, realise that the game is well and truly up; which implies some serious thinking.

Naturally, we have the usual career politicians, none more so than the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who sees his future as an EU commissioner going up in smoke. So what does he do? He tries to make out that any kind of break with Europe would cost Britain millions of jobs here at home. Firstly, let us put such misleading scaremongering to bed by pointing out a few home truths. Much of Europe is bust, which means they are purchasing fewer goods. Previously, we in Britain were buying far more of their goods than they ours. We are hamstrung by not being allowed to make our own export deals with potential customers outside the European Union; and on top of all this, we pay handsomely to this crooked outfit for such privileges.

The near future is almost bound to produce some seismic shocks throughout the global economy.

PRETTY WON'T FEATURE IN THE OUTCOME.