Take your point, but not sure the rest is any better. Firstly. we had the freedom to shape our economy domestically while in the EU. There are 27 nations in the EU, and several nations not in the EU, but within the EU Single Market. Each of these nations has different economic strengths, weaknesses and profiles irrespective of EU membership, that are shaped by domestic policy.
Secondly, he is also telling 27 sovereign nations that within the EU there is no genuine ‘political choice’ for their electorate. We seem to have reached the stage of incessantly lecturing/insulting other nations and then wondering why these nations have stopped listening.
Thirdly, the distortions on this nation are as much about austerity over the last ten years than EU membership. To pretend otherwise is to delude ourselves.