David Brooks, in classic pundit fashion, wrote today's column (subs. req'd) in the New York Times after having attended a garden party at the British Embassy in Washington. Amongst his assertions --
That’s why [skepticism]... the Brits had an open debate about European unification. The British elites exerted enormous pressure in favor of union, but the tabloid readers didn’t care.
What is this debate about European unification that the "elites" were in favour of but for which the tabloid readers didn't care? Any Europhiles in British political life get packed off "to Europe" i.e. jobs in Brussels. Our suspicion is that has has confused Britain with the EU referendum defeat in France.
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