Sometimes the right thing to do has nothing to do with balance sheets. The American revolutionaries were taking quite a risk turning their backs on the British Empire, but they did it because it was the right thing to do.

I feel the same about the United Kingdom leaving the EU. I understand that many people disagree with me, but I couldn't - in good conscience - vote in favour of something I believe to be wrong.

What motivated other people is their business. Maybe some people were swayed by a slogan on a bus. There's one born every minute. But in the end, we got the result which I believe to be the right one.