In fact, there is good reason to believe that such a course would take on a dynamic of its own, possibly leading to an unintended British exit from the EU. That would be a severe setback for the EU; for the British, blundering through history, it would be a veritable disaster.
事实上，有充分的理由认为，整个过程会按自己的逻辑发展，可能出现意料之外的英国退出欧盟的结果。这将是欧盟的一次严重退步；对英国来说，历史表明这一结果将是名副其实的灾难。