THERE’S a month to go and I’ve still not made my mind up on how I’m going to vote in what many are calling the most important vote of our lifetimes. This seems to be the same for a lot of the people I talk to as well.

The Clash showed remarkable prescience by pondering the question in 1982, asking “Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble. And if I stay it will be double.” Clearly they were advocating that we leave the European Economic Community (as it was then) but sorry Joe, Mick et al, as Lionel Bart said, Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be and our decision is far less straightforward.

One thing that hasn’t changed is that each time someone pops up and offers their ha’porth, it seems to have the opposite effect on we notoriously contrary British.

As an aside, please note the word ‘British’. I’m English or British, I’m not a bleedin’ ‘Brit’. I loathe that lazy term.

Anyway, back to the point. Take President Obama. He gave a well-reasoned argument about why the most powerful nation in the world wants us to remain in the EU. Clearly the Bremainers thought this would bring the undecided into line but they misjudged the zeitgeist.

Most people I’ve spoken to about this have resented what they see as interference and have said his words have edged them more towards the Brexit camp. Perhaps the best tack for the Bremainers to take is to get Frau Merkel and Monsieur Hollande to make an appeal for us to go; to tell us that they don’t want us spoiling their party any more. If that wouldn’t give an 80 per cent majority to stay then I’m a Dutchman.

Then I read another article by Boris Johnson. Many think of him as a buffoon but he’s a seriously clever bloke. His arguments have me humming ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ whilst dreaming of a Britain cutting a dashing swathe across the world, unencumbered by pettifogging Europeans.

Then there’s Mark Carney – a man who surely knows the economic consequences of us leaving – telling us it would be daft to leave. Then Michael Caine, Ian (sorry, Sir Ian) Botham and Katie Hopkins say we should go. But their wise words are soon counterbalanced by the likes of Paloma Faith, Jude Law and Steve Coogan urging us to stay. As we’re all guided by the thoughts and words of celebrities, how can we reconcile the opposing viewpoints?

Has anyone asked our fellow members if they still want us? Many think that the result of the Scottish independence referendum would have been different if English people had had the vote.

What would happen if the average Finn, Cypriot, Lithuanian, Belgian or Italian was voting? Would Brexit be bolstered by Brodoff? Is the Eurovision vote representative of our chums’ true feelings towards us or is it just a bit of a laugh where they can wind us up with no harm done?

The more I think about it, though, the more I believe this is a bit of a ‘no lose’ vote for us. The EU can only be stronger with us as a key component. If we leave, I don’t think we’ll be the last and we could be sitting comfortably on the sidelines, watching the edifice crumble.

With less than a month to go, I think this could go either way but, you know what? I just want it over so we can move on. And whether we’re in or out, move on we must.