Why do people in the UK often pretend they're not in Europe?

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Kantor said:

i love xbox360 said:
at the end of the day people the eu is flawed and will never work in it current format, end o. for the eu to work the three big countries(france,uk and germany) have to lead the way and the rest of europe will have to follow

Because the EU is failing and on the brink of collapse, right?

did i say that?? no i dont think i did but the eu is flawed