The next leader of this country needs to be someone who believes heart and soul that Britain should be outside the European Union.

The common fisheries policy essentially gave other European Union nations unfettered access to our fish stocks and - I would hope - that if we leave the European Union, we can once more see the ports of Peterborough and Fraserhead and Grimsby flourishing, because we will take back control of our territorial waters.

I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests.

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