担心之处是英国会被排除在全世界增长最快的市场之外，并且其与美国的关系也将受到威胁：西方世界将由两大支柱构成，而欧洲，而不是衰败的英国将是其中之一。
The fear was that the United Kingdom would be shut out of the world’s fastest-growing market, and that its partnership with the United States would be at risk as well: The Western alliance would consist of two pillars, and Europe, not a shrunken Britain, would be one of them.