Britain will finally be able to control its borders again. It will no longer have to listen to meddlesome EU judges, nor will it need to obey the tsunami of directives emanating from Brussels. Britain will be able to make its own laws, set its own taxes and negotiate its own trade deals.

In short, Britain will remain a key player on the world stage. Britain will in fact be all the more powerful as it will have one thing few European nations enjoy: the freedom to decide its own destiny.