Among the pro-EU misconceptions is the idea that Europe somehow represents "the wider world." The reverse is true. The EU is a self-seeking regional block of diminishing significance in the world. It is inward looking and self-regarding, often seeking to exclude, or at least delay, modern developments. By leaving the EU, the UK could step into that global movement and face its own future with confidence as it has done before.

I wrote some thoughts on this for CapX:

I have witnessed occasions on which the UK has undergone a break with the past and moved with confidence into an uncharted future determined to do things differently and to become better in consequence.

One was in the early 1950s. Exhausted by war and the privations of the post-war government with its continued shortages and rationing, the future seemed drab and bleak. In a short space of time three things happened to renew the nation’s faith in itself and its confidence for the future.

The 1951 Festival of Britain showcased the nation’s technical expertise in a reprise of the 1851 Great Exhibition a century earlier. It captured the imagination and boosted the country’s self-esteem. Winton Churchill was returned to office, and his government began the deregulation and the end of rationing that closed the chapter on World War II. King George VI, beloved and esteemed for inspiring Britain through the dark days of war, died and was succeeded by a young Queen Elizabeth, aged 25, who represented the passing of a torch to a new generation. These three events renewed the nation and lifted its spirits.

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