Forgive an American for sticking his nose into the Brexit controversy. I know that because of various personal and policy failings our president is not popular in your country, and that has made all of us less liked in Britain.

That’s a bit unfair, but so is life. As one who spent a good part of a few decades living among you, enjoying all that Britain has to offer, and who is indebted to your country for standing alone so many years ago while we dithered, it pains me to watch the beating Britain is taking at the hands of the superior negotiators atop the Brussels bureaucracy.

European Union negotiators Michel Barnier, Jean-Claude Juncker and company, know four things that Britain’s team doesn’t seem to