Anti-European tide sets Britain's ruling party against Brussels | Reuters

Anti-European tide sets Britain's ruling party against Brussels | Reuters: "Europe has never been popular among British Conservatives.

There is a tradition of resentment of Brussels, dating back to the era of Margaret Thatcher, who demanded and secured a rebate from the EU budget for Britain in the 1980s. Back in 1967, French President Charles de Gaulle accused Britain of a 'deep-seated hostility' towards the European project." (My selection)

And there has been a currency war lead by the US against the Euro and most Americans including the very liberal have a dislike of the European Union and wish its failure. The US led currency war is lowering the dollar value at a huge expense to its citizens who pay the bills and the brunt of the taxes: See "Currency war warnings follows US Fed's "quantitative easing" (My comment)