Seven years ago, Brexit was an early augur of the revolt against cosmopolitanism that swept Donald Trump into power.
But while America can’t stop talking about Trump, many in the U.K. can scarcely stand to think about Brexit.
“It’s so toxic,” Tobias Ellwood, a Tory lawmaker who has called on his colleagues to admit that Brexit was a mistake, told me.
“Those voters do not want to have a conversation about Brexit,” said Joshua Simons, the director of Labour Together, a think tank close to Labour leadership.
He cites a point that a mentor of his, the political philosopher Danielle Allen, made after the 2016 vote.
Persons:
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Tory, London, Labour Party, Labour, European Union
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