Sir Stephen Wall, Political Expert, Historian, and Former Ambassador, highlights how the tale of British hostility towards Europe had existed before the referendum to leave the European Union. He notes how Britain’s sense of national identity has been in conflict with its political and economic need for partnership with continental Europe. Continue reading Reluctant European
Sir Stephen Wall argues that it’s groundhog day in Britain, where the European Union is concerned. The context changes, but the basic issues do not. When the six founder members of the European Community came together in the 1950s in a new political and economic organisation, the British were deeply suspicious of its supra-national institutions and sceptical as to whether it would work. But, from … Continue reading Europe: Six decades of strife and controversy for UK
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