Isolation from Europe wouldn’t be splendid for the UK
For a passionate Anglophile like me, the prospect of the UK leaving the EU is a disaster. A disaster for Europe, but also for Britain itself. In a world in which our continent is being slowly marginalised, a union without Britain would be paralysed down one side. This certainly holds for the Americans, because even though the “special relationship” may no longer exist, London isn’t a European capital like any other. It also holds for a vast swath of the world from the Gulf to New Delhi, from Cairo to Singapore, for which European influence is historically identical with the British presence.… Seguir leyendo »