The lesson of this Brexit ordeal? The EU is a club worth belonging to | Jonathan Freedland

The past two years have shown the EU united and fighting for its members’ interests. Britain will be weaker outside it

Consider it preparation for a self-sufficient future after Brexit: now our politics generates its own satire, with metaphors included. On Thursday the proceedings of the House of Commons came to a halt because the roof was leaking.

The New York Times ran a story headlined “Parliament really is broken”. The Commons press office put out a statement, clarifying that “this was not a sewage leak”.

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