[I]sn’t it better to stay in and try to make the damn thing work properly? To create a United States of Europe that functions as well as the United States of America. ... Britain, on its own, has little influence on the world stage. I think we are all agreed on that. But Europe if it were well run and had good cohesive, well thought-out policies, would be a tremendous force for good.

— Jeremy Clarkson

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[I]sn’t it better to stay in and try to make the damn thing work properly? To create a United States of Europe that functions as well as the United States of America. ... Britain, on its own, has little influence on the world stage. I think we are all agreed on that. But Europe if it were well run and had good cohesive, well thought-out policies, would be a tremendous force for good." in the context of ""Call up the paparazzi army to take Brussels — and keep us in Europe" The Sunday Times (13 March 2016)
• Published in the run-up to 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jeremy Clarkson

About Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster and journalist known for his role on the BBC TV show Top Gear, the motoring show, and his columns in national newspapers.