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The "inevitability" of Brexit, from a historic perspective

"The World at One" today (from 19:48) looks at the British attitude to Europe in recent history and comes to the above conclusion.

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It shows how Britain joined late because it was finding it's feet after the loss of Empire and the costs of War. It continually struggled with the third member in the relationship, the "cuckoo in the nest", the growing political/governmental control aspect. There were two options regarding our future that necessarily require faith as hard facts of what the future will be like are unavailable . . .
remain servant to the rulings on an EU government with free access to that market, or make your own rules and have freer access to markets further away, and whatever can be got from Europe.
Arguments and objections on how are you going to make it work etc are seen as secondary to the desire to take the opportunity.

A bit like leaving the home of mum & dad!
It is just the cycle of Germany or another Central European power trying to ruin Europe and England denying them their evil goals.
Yes, we've never been 'in Europe' in a meaningful sense. We've always been on the sidelines, carping and whining on about everything which doesn't suit us, demanding special treatment and then throwing our toys when things don't go our way. Is it any wonder there is such little goodwill towards us now, after all that?

Given we were the people who invented the concept of a 'club',it's embarrassing that we join a club and then spend so long trying to undermine its rules and structure because we think we're too good to follow the rules that everyone else follows and that we ourselves had a hand in making.
(edited 5 years ago)
it is like Hawaii breaking away from the USA.... kinda dumb ?

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