Messages will be sent either way, whether we leave or stay; I'm just saying that if we vote to stay, we're verifying " Guilt by association ".........in that we would have voted to be a part of it.  This having more power & influence, if we stay, IMO is a fallacy , in the future; if we don't like something and want it changed.......the powers that be, will simply say that we had voted to stay in so " lump it " and after all, what COULD we do about it anyway ?? Voting to leave, DOES require some degree in having faith and confidence in our Country; but, as I've said, we hold 50% of the EU's Nuclear capability / deterrent ( couldn't possibly be why the US want us to stay could it ) they really don't want to get dragged into defending a European Country AGAIN ( and DRAGGED they were, BOTH times ).  We are still the architects of cutting edge technology and that includes surveillance, medical research and IT.  Taking the importance of the financial sector away from London, would be like removing the US Dollar from being the currency of the international market place / commodities..........and the fact that ALL Pilots & Air Traffic controllers HAVE to talk in English ( still recognized as the Worlds first language of necessity ) is a fact not lost on Mr Obama ( who speaks it too ) or the EU, or the rest of the World. There will be plenty of countries queueing up to do business with us, if Countries are prepared to trade in Arms, with other Countries, regardless of any embargoes that are in force; do you think, for one minute, that they won't trade with us, if they want something we do, or make; just because we're not part of the EU............come on.........we're talking about people here.