Thanks to social media such as Facebook and Twitter, a far wider range of people take part in gathering, filtering and distributing news.

We British play an important role in Europe, even if we have a traditional and historical ambivalence towards the continent.

Thanks to social media such as Facebook and Twitter, a far wider range of people take part in gathering, filtering and distributing news.

But I do think that Brexit, an exit of Britain from the European Union, would trigger real pressure on the United Kingdom.

My father was a journalist for 50 years in Leeds and Fleet Street. I thought about a career in business to show I could do something different, but the reaction among prospective employers was, shall we say, underwhelming.

I walk into the office at Southwark Bridge every morning, and I have no idea whats going to happen.

We have Trumpist (ph) tendencies in Europe. Look up Marine Le Pen in France. Look at the Five Star Movement headed by a clown by profession, Beppe Grillo, in Italy.