Australia

Brexiters say quitting EU will help us be a global player. We have more influence by virtue of our EU membership. Quitting means less power.

Trade secretary is wasting time chasing phantoms. He should focus on humdrum task of making sure we don’t lose deals we already have.

63% of our trade is with EU or countries it has deals with. Not only are we jeopardising this. In rest of world, we may go to back of queue.

Brexiters said new deals with rest of world would outweigh loss of trade to EU. We’ll actually lose ground in other countries too.

Self-inflicted damage is already widespread in the UK even before Brexit negotiations start.

UK government claims outside EU is a nirvana of bilateral free trade deals. Victory for Australia’s Labor Party would make this unlikely.

Theresa May says she’s a firm advocate of free trade. Her actions speak louder than her words.

Brexiteers have been trumpeting the fact that Australia wants an early trade deal with us. But talks won’t start until 2019.

A points-based immigration system would require multiple changes to UK policy. Some might be economically and socially disruptive.

Migration wouldn’t be Down Under with their system - Aussie rules not OK for UK.

Brexiteers' promises of more Commonwealth migration if we leave the EU are little more than fantasy tinged by nostalgia for Empire.

The prospects of cutting deals with everywhere from China to US and India to Brazil are worse if we quit.