It’s possible that Brexit — treated strictly as an intellectual concept — is a brilliant idea. However, it was sold with falsehoods and is now being mismanaged. To cite just a few Brexiter politicians: David Davis sketched a deal with the EU as simply a matter of a quick visit to Berlin; Daniel Hannan said that obviously the UK wouldn’t leave the European single market; and Nigel Farage predicted that other countries would follow Britain out of Europe. It hasn’t quite turned out like that. More than a year after the referendum, the cabinet still can’t agree on what kind of Brexit it wants, or when. The British state is steaming towards its third disaster in 15 years, after the Iraq war and the financial crisis. Like both previous disasters, Brexit reveals three enduring flaws in the UK’s workings.
严格作为一个理论概念看待，英国退欧(Brexit)有可能成为一个伟大的想法。然而，这个想法被退欧阵营用谎言兜售给选民，如今又处置失当。仅以几位退欧派政客说过的话为例：戴维•戴维斯(David Davis)以为，与欧盟达成协议只需要跑一趟柏林；丹尼尔•汉南(Daniel Hannan)称，英国显然不会脱离欧洲单一市场；奈杰尔•法拉奇(Nigel Farage)认为其他国家将跟随英国退出欧盟。但结果远非如此。退欧公投过去逾一年后，内阁仍无法就其想要什么样的退欧以及何时退欧达成一致。继伊拉克战争和manbetx app苹果 金融危机之后，英国正在滑向15年以来第三场灾难。像此前的两场灾难一样，英国退欧暴露了英国在运行上的三大根本缺陷。