One of the curious things about the UK's EU referendum is how the anti-Europeans claim to be patriotic. In fact, not a
single ones of our allies and friends abroad want us to leave Europe. The only
people who want us to leave are our enemies – ISIS and President Putin.
These facts are particularly
inconvenient for the Brexiters because they claim that once we have dumped
Europe, we can cosy up to the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. Good luck
with that one. All those countries have told us we need to stay in Europe.
If they manage to drag us out of
Europe, the anti-Europeans load most of their hopes on America. So how are they preparing the ground? By insulting President Obama, and telling America to shut up. There is a
worrying bullying streak to some of the Brexiters, particularly Boris Johnson and
the disgraced former defence secretary Liam Fox, who try to silence anyone who
says anything positive about Europe.
Now they have told Obama that he
must not dare express his views on the subject. I trust we can count on the
president to ignore the bullies.
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