b'was and is trade. All these were in being atSir John goes on:the time of the Brexit Referendum on 23 June 2016. But, and it is a big but,it did not stopWhy would any country - at least of all there.our own great country - accept a least bad option, when a far better one is The EU Nomenklatura want there to be, interalready in play? alia, an EU wide system of law, common EU rules on immigration that affect eachThe author immediately responded (and the and every member state, an EU harmonisedSunday Times printed on 20 January 2019):tax system, even an EU army. If there ever were to be an EU army that wouldSince the 2016 referendum the clattering seriously threaten the North Atlantic Treatytrain of EU integration has continued to Organization (NATO). NATO is why Europeroll on. The destination is a European has been free, and is free today.superstate in which the UK would be a mere province. There have also been The clattering train of the EU Nomenklaturacredible proposals for a European army to is travelling swiftlyand relentlessly towardssupersede NATO fromFrances president, a federal Europe, in short, a EuropeanEmmanuel Macron. More worrying, the superstate. In a federal Europe, diversity, andEU is already taking a pro-Iran position in particular the nation state, would be sweptagainst America. Sir John Major argued away as a matter of policy. The rackety trainlast week for remaining in the EU. Not for of European integration may slow down for athe first time he has got it entirely wrong. time, but it never actually stops. A lot has happened in the EU since the The question in the UK referendum was:Brexit referendum. There are two examples cited above - but there are many more,Should the United Kingdom remain aand important ones. The remainder of this member of the European Union or leavechapter spells them out.the European Union?The vote took place on 23 June 2016. 16.1 million people voted to remain. 17.4 million people voted to leave. This is familiar.Many people in the UK did not accept - and still do not accept - the result of the referendum. They want - as they see it - to remain in the EU as it was in June 2016. Indeed, there is probably a majority in the House of Commons for this (and certainly a big majority in the House of Lords).There was a vintage example of this point of view in former Prime Minister John Majors article in the Sunday Times on 13 January 2019: the key passage was, There is a third deal on the table, which is the one we currently have 186'