As anyone who knows me should be aware, I'm very much anti-war. That's not to say I'm a pacifist, because I realise some wars do have to be fought. But, in my opinion, 1939-45 was the last justifiable war that my country (UK) fought. So it concerns me that there are people, in my country and others, that would willingly bring about the conditions that gave rise to that war. Hatred and mistrust, nationalism, isolationism, fear and division....these are all the things that put the pieces in place for a re-run of the mistakes of history. And a return to the total war of the last century would be truly tragic, because we have developed more efficient ways of killing larger numbers than were available then. And that is why I believe in the aims and ambitions of the European Union. By knowing and understanding other peoples it makes it far harder to go to war with them. They can't be used as a faceless, barbaric, baby-eating external enemy by unscrupulous demagogues in pursuit of power and dominance at any cost. To my mind, that knowledge and understanding is what has maintained the longest unbroken peace between European nations in the whole of European history. So it saddens me greatly that my country stands on the brink of throwing that all away. It disgusts me that there are countrymen of mine, who would willingly, and indeed gladly, tear it all down, re-build walls of division and take us backwards into the unforgiving arms of historical mistakes. And to those who would accuse me of being a doomsayer, those who think it wouldn't happen, I have to ask, seriously? Do you really believe that? If so, then I envy your naivety. Look around you, the conditions are falling into place, and the dark wings of history are waiting to gather us up.