The last few paragraphs make it clear it&#x27;s mostly a satyrical take: the author wouldn&#x27;t vote for brexit if he were British, because there is nothing to gain for the average guy, and even Farage would end up without the only parliament he managed to get elected to.<p>But below the satyrical level, there is a point. The British government has long been unpopular in European circles. British politicians insist in interpreting the EU as a trade zone rather than a long-term federalist project, and this is at odd with pretty much everyone else. Also, the EU got too big too fast, and if it is to ever make real progress again, it will have to slim down and lose troublesome countries (UK but also some of the Eastern bloc and maybe Greece). In that sense, Brexit might be a belated step forward for the Union, and it would likely hit only the British themselves (well, maybe some French companies too).