stifled personal freedom and economic development, Britain was completely free. Now though, she feels Britain has become restricted by over-regulation from Brussels and association with an anti-competitive Eurozone. It would become stronger with more freedom, less regulation and lower taxes.

And as a lawyer, she feels the loss of sovereignty particularly in relation to the courts which are fast losing credibility as a result of pressure from Brussels. 'English courts and English judges have become spineless,' she says, giving the Abu Hamza case as an example. 'They are terrified of making decisions in contravention to EU law.'

George Byczynski, 26, a lawyer who coordinates an organisation called 'British Poles', which has over 22,000 followers on Facebook, is still undecided about Brexit, but says the question of national sovereignty resonates stronglywith Poles of all generations: 'I feel it has been very healthy for the EU to be confronted by Britain on its future and the issues of red tape and bureaucracy, [and] the fading sovereignty of national parliaments.'

Paradoxically, the Polish government and Poles living in Poland want Britain to stay for the same reason Poles living in Britain want Britain to leave. Poland also finds the EU suffocating and supports the move to draw powers from Brussels and hand them back to the EU’s national governments. But Poland likes having Britain in the EU, because Britain is the country that is leading the fight for EU reform in these areas. They need Britain to initiate and fight the battles.

'Cameron’s proposals prove that an alternative exists, that changes can