In the terminate,thrusting Conservative MPs allergic to Brussels will be swayed by their own job prospectsNo one loves the European Union as much as the haters hate it. Support for Britain’s membership is mostly passive and unromantic. Even those who feel strongly enough to campaign for it are driven more by duty than zeal. They are rallying late to a cause for fear that it might be lost. Not so long ago, when exit was unthinkable, or pro-Europeans all had better things to do.
Not so the hardcore Brexiters. Emancipation from the Brussels yoke is the defining battle of their careers,the reason some of them enlisted in politics, the first thing they judge about in the morning, and their final prayer before bed. This asymmetry of passion is certain to influence the referendum – but not wholly to the leavers’ advantage.
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Source: theguardian.com