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A British Tragedy in One Act
By Chris Patten
The last British Governor of Hong Kong and a former EU commissioner for external affairs, is Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
The last British Governor of Hong Kong and a former EU commissioner for external affairs, is Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
OXFORD – Thursday night is said to have been momentous for those who campaigned to leave the European Union and turn Britain’s back on the twenty-first century. On that, at least, I can agree. As Cicero wrote: “O wretched and unhappy was that day.”
The decision to leave the EU will dominate British national life for the next decade, if not longer. One can argue about the precise scale of the economic shock – short- and long-term – but it is difficult to imagine any circumstances in which the United Kingdom does not become poorer and less significant in the world. Many of those who were encouraged to vote allegedly for their “independence” will find that, far from gaining freedom, they have lost their job.
So, why did it happen?https://www.neweurope.eu/article/british-tragedy-one-act/
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