Rag,
Why are some people trying to deflect the conversation away from the actual Brexit debate.

Yes. Shame on me for making an interesting historical comparison.
Meanwhile you strutting arrogant people are free to discuss food, football and any whim that occurs to you on any thread you like because you own these threads and the rules do not apply to you.

DMcG, in 1940 the country was virtually bankrupted and still grieving a lost generation of young men from just 22 years previous.
The German peace overtures could not be dismissed out of hand, and many in the Establishment were in favour. The whole of Europe had already fallen.
The issue was sovereignty and trust, as it is now.
As now those issues often seem less important to Establishment and metropolitan types than to ordinary people.