My favourite English joke about fog in the Channel isolating the continent does not sound so funny any more. Since the last Brussels summit, Britain has become more insular than ever. Much has been said already about Nicolas Sarkozy's body language that Thursday night, ignoring David Cameron's handshake and padding his shoulder instead. It was not so much a patronising gesture as the expression of intense lassitude – 30 years of British ambiguity over Europe have worn us out. Now, at least, things are clear.
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