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    ‘THIS IS OUR FIGHT. A fight for humanity’

    Jan 11, 2021 5 minutes
    Interview: Laura Kelly

    From Jacob Rees-Mogg to Boris Johnson, World War II rhetoric has never been far from the Brexit debate. The narrative has a powerful emotional pull. Plucky Britain winning the war – and the supposed ingratitude of the rest of the continent. The evocation of Blitz spirit. Quiet suspicion of German power.

    WWII is a lodestar for British exceptionalism. So it’s a surprise when arch-Europhile Eddie Izzard launches into a Churchill analogy to explain her latest feat of endurance.

    “I look at things in 50-year chunks. And this test was bound to happen,” says the groundbreaking comedian.

    “Churchill’s generation was chosen by fate to fight against the extreme right. And our generation has been chosen again to fight against the extreme right. So that’s the way it’s going to be.

    “This is our fight. This is a fight for people, for

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