事实上，留欧派接受了英国应该将欧洲人挡在国门之外的观点，这让英国 — — 或至少是英格兰和爱尔兰，如果亲欧盟的苏格兰和爱尔兰脱离英国的话 — — 迈向了“硬”脱欧，不仅仅脱离欧盟，也脱离欧洲单一市场。
In fact, with Remainers accepting the argument that Britain should keep Europeans out, the UK – or at least England and Wales, if pro-EU Scotland and Northern Ireland leave – is headed for a “hard” Brexit, not just from the Union, but from Europe’s single market.