a critical day in my country’s history. British people get to decide if the UK continues to look to the future in a union with other countries in Europe, with proven economic, social and environmental benefits; moreover, a union that has kept these countries from going to war with each other for the longest period in history. The alternative is to turn our back on the rest of Europe and walk away into the unknown, to go backwards into national isolation and fear of those from ‘outside’. I’m not eligible to vote, but if I could, I wouldn’t think twice about which option to choose.