Brexiters’ populist rhetoric should fool no one

Since Rousseau’s time, the idea that there is a ‘people’ with a will of its own has been subjected to much criticism, writes Alan Haworth. Plus letters from Philip Wood, Richard Norton-Taylor and Jeremy Beecham. It is one thing to point out that in any society there exists a large number of discrete individuals, each with his or her own values and interests. The fact is so obvious that it’s hardly worth stating. It is quite another to claim that, over and above those indi