The remaking of a Euro Brit? Unless many more UK voters express positive support for things European, a ‘spiral of silence’ could yet undermine the campaign to stay in

In the last two decades positive views of the European Union have stagnated or eroded amongst British voters, argues Patrick Dunleavy, and with them pro-European identities. As the Brexit referendum develops, if the ‘Remain’ campaign is to prosper (or even survive) hundreds of thousands of UK voters will have to show a positive enthusiasm for the EU’s achievements and prospects.