The time for EU naval-gazing about #Brexit is over.
Brexiteers say UK never belonged in EU in the 1st place. Many in Europe agree, especially now.
Here, #BritishExceptionalism really does apply. The UK leaving says nothing about the success or failure of the European project.
Brexiteers say UK never belonged in EU in the 1st place. Many in Europe agree, especially now.
Here, #BritishExceptionalism really does apply. The UK leaving says nothing about the success or failure of the European project.
https://twitter.com/anandmenon1/status/1344587753015697410
In other words, #Brexit is a British problem, not a European one.
The minute the referendum was called I expected the UK to vote to leave. Living in the UK for 3 years, and hearing the way people (of all political persuasions) talked about Europe, it seemed inevitable.
The minute the referendum was called I expected the UK to vote to leave. Living in the UK for 3 years, and hearing the way people (of all political persuasions) talked about Europe, it seemed inevitable.
What was clear to me was that many British people (of all political persuasions) felt the UK is ‘too big for Europe’. That it was somehow embarrassing to be in EU.
That’s a societal delusion that the EU could never fix. It’s an English problem that needs an English solution.
That’s a societal delusion that the EU could never fix. It’s an English problem that needs an English solution.
The EU has plenty of problems that *do* need naval-gazing: its inability to stop rule of law dismantling in its East, unanimity requirements creating deadlock, reliance on the US security umbrella, just to name a few.
Why add to that list a problem that belongs to someone else?
Why add to that list a problem that belongs to someone else?
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