The people wisely decided in 1973 that their best and only prospects lay within the European Community. Those who are advising the people to vote "No" now were vigorous in 1973. The National Platform was vigorous then. It said that if we voted "Yes" we would lose all our industries, that there would be no more industrialisation here and that the country would be pastoralised. It was wrong. The leader of that campaign, Mr. Coughlan, said at that time that we would lose our sovereignty. He was wrong. He said we would lose our sense of national identity. He was wrong. He said on that occasion that we would be faced with massive migration, emigration and that the country would be depopulated. He was wrong. He may have been sincere, but on each and every occasion he has been wrong. Why should his doom laden prophecy be right on this occasion, once in 30 years?