Someone wrote this in one of my groups recently and it struck me that it neatly encapsulates the problem we were trying to fix when we voted for - or against - Brexit.

“The UK joined the Common Market and is leaving the European Union.”

@JohnPhilpin It does I think. In some ways, the political and legal institutions of the UK carry a cultural and political legitimacy, ancient, time tested, proven, that Continental countries cannot match. Which makes it harder to sweep those aside in favor of untested EU institutions.