https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/15/britons-must-be-allowed-to-vote-on-whether-to-leave-the-eu/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 02:46:37 -0400<![CDATA[Fourth, Britain has changed in unpredictable ways. The recent census [pdf] revealed a country where 7.5 million people are foreign-born, an increase of 2.6 million since 2001. The country is more diverse, less white, less Christian, less religious overall, less hidebound, more open. In theory these changes should favor Europe, but I am not sure: The Jessica Ennis generation, named for the popular gold-medal winning athlete of mixed Jamaican and English descent, does not look to Brussels with the reverence that will be on display at the Franco-German celebration on Jan. 22 of the 50th anniversary of the treaty cementing their postwar reconciliation. Europe’s agony and rebirth as a Continent whole and free are not its concern.]]>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:55:23 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/15/britons-must-be-allowed-to-vote-on-whether-to-leave-the-eu-n99250