A Pocket Brexicon for Americans

American politics is divided and rancorous, but Americans living in Britain are witnessing something far worse — an astonishing collapse in national unity and politico-economic rationality. The referendum held in 2016 to ask the electorate whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union or leave was an abdication of governmental responsibility; and to the then-government’s shock and surprise, the result was a 52/48 in favor of a British exit from the E.U.: Brexit. But the politici...