Will Obama’s Brexit intervention make a difference? | Simon Jenkins

The US president has declared his support for the remain camp. But Britons might not like outsiders meddling in their politics

Barack Obama is right. Britain is America’s closest ally and deserves its unswerving support in time of peril. If Britain wants his vote on the EU, that’s the way it will be. It’s high fives for Dave when the president arrives next week.

But hold on. Which Britain wants his vote, the inners or the outers? As the BBC would put it, if that is one American president agains...