There is a touch of historical re-enactment(历史重演) to the events thrown by the losing side to mark the tenth anniversary of Britain’s Brexit referendum. A march in support of rejoining the European Union (replete with(充满，盛满) blue flags, no doubt) will wind through Westminster. The organisers, among them an anti-Brexit dance troupe from Swindon, have returned from a 255-mile pilgrimage(朝圣之旅) on foot to Brussels, where they gave lawmakers messages of regret from Britons. For the truly nostalgic, the New World, a tabloid, is hawking(兜售，叫卖) passport covers in pre-divorce burgundy(勃艮第红（紫红色）), bearing the legend: “European Forever—Bollocks to Brexit(去他的脱欧（粗俗）)”. Eitan Hersh(① 人物背景：Eitan Hersh是塔...), a political scientist, posits that political activism is often motivated by hobbyism(爱好主义（将政治当爱好）) more than ideals. Some re-enactors(重演者（重现历史的人）) like to dress as Napoleonic infantrymen(拿破仑时代的步兵). For others, reliving their defeat of 2016 makes for a fine weekend.
失败方为纪念英国脱欧公投十周年举办的活动，带有一丝历史重演的意味。一场支持重新加入欧盟的游行（无疑将充满蓝色旗帜）将蜿蜒穿过威斯敏斯特。组织者中有一支来自斯温顿的反脱欧舞蹈团，他们刚刚结束255英里的徒步朝圣之旅从布鲁塞尔返回，在那里他们将英国人的悔恨之情传达给议员们。对于真正怀旧的人来说，小报《新世界》正在兜售离婚前勃艮第色的护照套，上面印有标语：“永远欧洲——去他的脱欧”。政治学家埃坦·赫什指出，政治活动往往更多是由爱好而非理想驱动的。一些重演者喜欢打扮成拿破仑时代的步兵。对其他人来说，重温2016年的失败也能愉快地度过一个周末。
There lies the problem for Britain’s pro-European cause(亲欧事业). Some 55% of Britons, and 79% of Labour voters, say they would vote to re-enter the bloc(（政治）集团，联盟). Still more an idea than a campaign, Rejoin has rushed from the fringe to the centre(从边缘到中心). Wes Streeting(① 职业经历：Wes Streeting...), a putative(假定的，潜在的) prime minister, has joined his rival Andy Burnham(① 早期生涯：Andy Burnham ...) in wishing that Britain would one day return. The rising Green Party supports it.
这就是英国亲欧事业的问题所在。约55%的英国人（79%的工党选民）表示他们会投票重新加入欧盟。重入派与其说是一场运动，不如说是一个想法，它已从边缘迅速走向中心。潜在的首相候选人韦斯·斯特里廷与其对手安迪·伯纳姆都希望英国有朝一日回归。日益崛起的绿党也支持这一点。
But it will fail unless its advocates adhere to(遵守，坚持) an essential rule of politics: winning campaigns trade in(从事（某种活动），以……为交易) what Gordon Brown, a former prime minister, called “the future business(未来业务（指未来愿景）)”. Rejoin is often a backwards-looking(向后看的，怀旧的) cause, its adherents still animated(被激发，充满活力) by what they see as a fraudulent(欺诈的，骗人的) referendum and by the damage that followed. But if the case against leaving the EU is damning and easy to litigate(诉讼，打官司), it is not the same as a prospectus(招股书，计划书) to rejoin. On that, the intellectual spadework(智力上的基础工作) has barely begun. That Brexit is a growth-sapping(削弱增长的) error hardly guarantees its reversal: from housing policy to taxation, Britons are adept at(擅长，精于) living with expensive mistakes.
但如果重入派的支持者不遵守一条基本的政治规则，它将会失败：成功的竞选活动交易的是前首相戈登·布朗所谓的“未来业务”。重入派往往是一种向后看的运动，其追随者仍被他们所谓欺诈性的公投以及随后的损害所驱动。但是，反对脱欧的理由虽然充分、容易论证，却并不等同于重返欧盟的前景说明书。在这一点上，智力层面的基础工作才刚刚开始。脱欧是一个拖累增长的错误，但这几乎不保证它会逆转：从住房政策到税收，英国人善于与代价高昂的错误共存。
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads
我们要去的地方不需要道路