PJ Media
Richard Fernandez
Nov. 9, 2017
As comic book fans all know, every superhero -- or supervillain -- has an origin story, the moment the protagonist sets himself apart from the common run of humanity to pursue a larger destiny. It should be no surprise that historical events have origin stories too, the moment when their core ideas are born and take their first uncertain root. Brexit for example, according to an Oxford newspaper, may have started at the Queen’s Lane Coffee House in 1990 in discussions among radical Tory students.
Daniel Hannan, who recalls the moment, recalls that like most student endeavors, the idea of leaving the EU began as a revolt against the System. But in true comic book fashion Hannan adds that in retrospect something else must have been born as well. For it must have been around that time the Left started becoming the party of the establishment. The switcheroo that we see around us today in full flower was only just starting. Hannan said:
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