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Cameron's 'a la carte' EU idea just national chauvinism?

The English have always been ambiguous towards "the continent". It is, as any self-respecting English person will tell you, full of foreigners. And England’s Conservatives, particularly their more reactionary, chauvinistic rump, have always been anti-European Union. So, as the EU contemplates moving towards greater integration, it was not entirely surprising UK Prime Minister David Cameron […]