2016年5月13日 星期五

Looking to history for answers to the Brexit question


David Cameron has cited the battles of Blenheim, Trafalgar and Waterloo and even the Spanish Armada as evidence that Britain can never afford to turn its back on Europe. Michael Gove, the pro-Brexit justice secretary, prefers to rely on "Our Island Story", a children's history book from 1905 that plays up the British Empire

For and against Britain leaving Europe
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play up

British
1informal (Of a child) misbehave:I hadn’t had much sleep - the kids had been playing up
1.1Fail to function properly:his phone line was constantly playing up
2Put all one’s energy into a game:the captain told his team to play up

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