The crumbling of the EU empire

To elite Remainers in Britain, the EU is a beacon of economic dynamism, political stability and liberal-democratic values – and Brexit is the worst thing that ever happened. Prime minister Keir Starmer similarly sees cosying up to Brussels as the solution to the UK’s woes. Yet over on the continent, even the most ardent Europhiles are waking up to the EU’s catastrophic failures and dysfunctions. Top EU technocrats warn of decades of stagnation to come, while core EU member states are defying the bloc’s rules on migration and asylum. Here, Fraser Myers explains how the EU’s anti-democratic diktats are putting Europe on the path to ruin – and why Britons were so wise to vote to leave this crumbling empire.