My message to Europe: tell us you want Britain to stay | Timothy Garton Ash

Leaders across Europe might want to get Brexit over the line. But in the long term the EU would be weaker without the UK

Dear European friends,

We are fast approaching a critical period in Britain’s Brexit drama. Incredible though it may seem, there is now a serious chance of the British voting in a second referendum to stay in the European Union. What an extraordinary boost that would be to the whole post-1945 project of building a better Europe!

Related: Brexit delay for a Brexiter PM is 'unrealistic', says EU

Of course we might lose the referendum vote again. Even then, the country would be in no worse a position than it is now

Related: This is a national crisis – not the time for a pointless Tory feud | Jonathan Freedland

Continue reading...