几周后,英国人将投票决定是否留在欧盟。所有经济指标都显示,如果“英国脱欧”成为现实,那将会是一场灾难。但对许多英国人而言,主要问题不在经济,而是丧失主权。“脱欧派”相信——或者声称相信,欧盟从他们手中夺走了英国的主权。他们认为英国能够也应该不受欧盟左右。依我看,他们都错了。而且更糟的是一他们还沉浸在19世纪产生的“更大的不列颠帝国”梦想中,当时这种广为接受的思想认为“母国”和殖民地——特别是自治领——应该真正合而为一成为一个国家。 A few weeks later, the British will vote on whether to stay in the EU. All economic indicators show that if Britain becomes a reality, it will be a catastrophe. But for many British people, the main problem is not economic but the loss of sovereignty. “Brexit ” believe - or claim to believe that the EU has taken Britain’s sovereignty over them. They think Britain can and should not be left to the EU. In my opinion, they are all wrong. And even worse, they were also immersed in the “Greater British Empire” dreams of the nineteenth century, when the widely accepted idea that “homeland” and colonies - and especially autonomy - should Really into one to become a country.