'In the year that we joined, Western Europe accounted for 36 per cent of the world economy. Today, that figure is 24 per cent, and in ten years’ time it will be 14 per cent. Last year, the Commonwealth’s economy overtook the eurozone’s'
www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-28009...evant-inside-eu.html
Bet there were loads of people in 407 AD who said we'd be lost without the Roman Empire!