I do not feel we are being kept in the dark about the state of the country, but I think we are being kept in the dark about how bad our prospects are for the next 18-24 months.
The country is not in that bad a mess. For most of the last 250 years, the country's debt has been much greater than it is now. We should worry people are unwilling to loan to us. That is when things will be bad. At the moment, the opposite is true.
The Eurozone has problems, and some adjustments may need to happen. But it is not in anything like the kind of mess that Murdoch and the other right wing press would have us believe. It will get sorted, but it may be a bumpy ride for some.
The EU is in fine health. It is highly successful. It is a shame we have sidelined ourselves, and become a dormant force, just to placate the editor of the Daily Mail and a handful of looney backbenchers.