Report comment

Perhaps I can briefly sum up this debate by saying that we all of us, Leavers and Remainers alike, appear to want the best for Britain; none of us wishes to be governed by a bureaucratic foreign superstate; we each of us believe that our principles go beyond mere materialistic self-interest; we are all convinced that we have reason, history and right on our side; we all hold the doctrine of parliamentary supremacy; we all want peace in the world; and we all repudiate any mode of argument that runs to personal abuse and the deliberate misrepresentation of an opponent's position. We seem to have a lot more in common than perhaps we thought.