TOMORROW’S EU referendum is the most momentous exercise in democracy this country has seen in our lifetimes.

It has been a largely depressing campaign in which sadly the worst of us has been on display alongside the best.

England has been revealed as a fractious, divided country in a way that has some wishing the referendum had never been called at all.

But that is wrong. We have needed to have this debate and once it has been had we will have to work hard to move on and reunite again.

But for now there is still all to play for.

The Argus has not taken sides during the campaign and has attempted to report the debate as accurately and fairly as possible.

We will not take a position now except to argue this.

We urge everyone to think and think again before placing their cross tomorrow. It is manifestly obvious that a vote to leave the EU is the more dramatic decision because it changes the status quo.

Such a decision should never be decided on one issue - and here we mean immigration - but on a rounded consideration of what the future may look like for us outside of the EU.

Fears surrounding a single issue should never be enough to decide the future of our nation.

For the sake of the younger generations we must be certain as we can that the economic future of the UK will be bright if we leave.

Surely only then, if we are satisfied that we have done our best not just for ourselves but for those who come afterwards, can we put a cross in the Leave box.

It is our solemn duty tomorrow to reach deep inside ourselves before we pick up that pencil. We must think long and we must think hard.