The Spectator podcast: Obama’s Brexit overreach

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Is Barack Obama’s intervention in the Brexit debate a welcome one or should he keep his nose out of our business? Tim Montgomerie says in his Spectator cover piece that such overreach is typical of the US President’s arrogance. But Anne Applebaum disagrees and says that Obama speaks on behalf of many Americans when he calls on Britain to stay engaged in European politics. So should we listen to Obama? Joining Isabel Hardman to discuss is Spectator deputy editor Freddy Gray and the Telegraph’s Janet Daley.

Speaking on the podcast, Janet Daley says:

‘He is perfectly entitled to have a view and he should express it at home. It’s going to be almost entirely counter-productive: the British don’t like being lectured by foreign leaders anyway about how they should vote.