Chris Wicks

An ordinary Englishman’s view on why the UK should stay Former Metropolitan Police officer Chris Wicks participated in the 1975 referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Economic Community (EEC), the forerunner to the EU. 41 years later, he shares his view on why Britain’s future is still brightest at the centre of Europe. The #brexit way of thinking is simply ‘not cricket!’. The British character is to be involved and to show leadership, not to run away when the going gets tough. In our modern disposable society, it is all too easy to throw something away that...