Many countries in the Anglosphere – such as the US and Australia – have made it clear they would like us to remain part of the EU. They won’t shun us if we ignore that advice but, equally, they are unlikely to be best impressed. Indeed, the EU is currently negotiating a deal with the US – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. If the UK quits the EU, we’d have to negotiate our own deal. And while the EU is of a roughly equivalent size to the US, and can therefore hope for reciprocity, the UK most certainly is not.