Britain has become unexpectedly European
How post-Brexit Britain came to look more like a European Union country
THE DREAM of many Brexiteers was plain. Unshackled from the “corpse” of the EU, Britain would tear up Brussels red tape, take back control of immigration, switch its focus to fast-growing Asian markets and change from a low-wage into a high-wage economy. A European Britain would be replaced by a global Britain. Trade with the EU would continue freely under a new trade deal—indeed, relations might even be more harmonious.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Take back contrôle”
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