"Your views and those of many of those who put the case for remaining seem based on the premise that everything within the EU is fine when we all know that it is not. For decades it has needed drastic reform and some of it's major players have required drastic reform which they all seem totally incapable of carrying out.

In fact I have pretty well invariably indicated that the EU as it stands badly needs a lot of reforms. I am confident you would not be sble to find one single post in which I have said anything approximating to what you accuse me of saying.

Jeremy Corbyn was criticised for saying that he was only 7 out of ten in favour of staying in the EU. I feel the same way, and I imagine a great many others did as well. But 7 out of ten is a significant margin of preference.