Owen Jones and Little Britain
Owen Jones writes in the Guardian that the left should declare itself Euro-sceptic (14 July). Apparently a couple of other journalists (Suzanne Moore and Nick Cohen) and someone who writes a column in the Times agree with him. The list of “leftists” who support him, we are led to believe by Jones, is growing. Even assuming this small list of people who are not really on the left is much, much bigger, this isn’t a good way to start an argument. Rather than assessing what’s right and wrong by getting the nod from “well known” and “important” people, the question to ask is: does it make sense...