Can the Great British public be made to care passionately about the EU referendum?

It’s early days, I know, but the Outers have convinced me. Britain will not collapse into chaos and penury if we leave the European Union. The Inners, meanwhile, have convinced me, too: there is no great, looming danger if we stay. Thus I have a question. What are we going to spend the next 18 months talking about?

I don’t see it.

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Hugo Rifkind is a writer for the Times.

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Can the Great British public be made to care passionately about the EU referendum?

Out or In, both sides of the campaign are going to have their work cut out

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