One of the ironies of Brexit is that Britain arguably now has some of the most passionate pro-EU supporters anywhere in the bloc. Whatever the primary motivation behind the Brexit vote in 2016, Britain has always perceived itself as a land apart. ADIronically, it was Winston Churchill who called for a “kind of United States of Europe” in the grim aftermath of World War II. “The structure of the United States of Europe, if well and truly built, will be such as to make the material strength of a single state less important,” he said. ___Follow AP’s full coverage of Brexit and British politics at: https://www.apnews.com/Brexit

Source: Washington Post January 20, 2020 10:18 UTC