I have been involved with the financial, economic and social assessments of a possible Leave decision for many years now and I believe, most passionately, that this country has a very positive and exciting journey ahead of it outside the European Union.
However, as I have also always been candid about, this journey will not be without its challenges, especially during the initial period of uncertainty. Markets dislike uncertainty, as do investors and businesses, but these are the shorter- term risks and costs associated with an asymmetric shock and task of this order.