Talk

Thanks for all the questions so far.

We've got a few more from Gransnet.

• Will all small businesses do better if freed from the restrictions of the EU? (rosesarered)

• There are policies on both sides that make sense and there are policies that don't. My issue with the Leave campaign is twofold. 1) It's playing right into the hands of the 'little Englanders' at a time when we should be doing everything we can to harmonise international relationships, not distance ourselves from the 'bloody foreigners' 2) it's supported by a number of people I consider to be bigots, xenophobes and fools (not all of the people are all of these things and I won't specify which 'qualities' I attribute to the following) among them Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, Katie Hopkins, Michael Gove, Nick Griffin. I would like to know your views on both points and how Leave can distance itself from the underlying racism that seems to be behind the votes of all the people I know who are voting that way (hotandbothered)

• I can only agree with what Hotandbothered has written, especially as the Leave campaigners seem to be concentrating more and more on immigration. All members of my family who are still working have been advised by their employers that their jobs are more secure if we stay in the EU [these are multinational companies by the way]. If we leave can you guarantee that they will have jobs in the future? And, what will small employers who rely on EU markets do if they do not have the finances to open up new markets in other countries, which I believe JCB [who are supporting 'Leave'] have been able to do, as they have the money to do so. Will small companies be financed in some way? (Tegan)

A question from @aimsgrace on Twitter:

"Andrea so far you are the only person to make me wonder about #Leave. I'm 99% voting Remain. #EUFederalArmy real? If we leave, isn't there more chance of an EU Federal Army that will then weaken NATO? We lose our veto if we leave?"