Too much at stake for us to stay silent - Three weeks to Britain’s exit vote

IN three weeks time British Prime Minister David Cameron’s political career could be, by any meaningful criteria, over. Should Britain, on June 23, vote to leave the EU his position as Conservative party leader would be untenable.

Should his successor come from the extreme wing of Tory euroscepticism, as seems more than likely, an already difficult situation for Ireland would become the most challenging issue facing this economy.

Such a result would, unfortunately, undermine the likelihood of consolidating the recovery of recent years and threaten all of the social benefits that might eventually flow from that.