A little more sharp-eyed honesty about Britain’s real weight in the post-war world might have enabled us British to play a more central role in Europe’s affairs, molding the emerging European Union more closely to our own national interests.
如果我们对英国在战后世界上真正的分量目光稍微敏锐一点并且诚实一些的话，英国本该在欧洲事务中扮演一个更核心的角色，使形成中的欧盟更符合我们国家的利益。