My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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.

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.

My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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

The Financial Times is pro-British membership of the European Union. We have taken that position for decades. But we are not starry-eyed about the European Union. And we do not believe and have not believed for at least 10 years that Britain should be part of the euro.