Coburn stressed that British people are unhappy about the EU's governance, not Europe as such. The EU's inability to resolve relevant political problems was one of the main factors behind the UK's decision to withdraw from the Union, the politician argued.
"We are opposed to the European Union itself which is a very bad way of governing the continent. And that is our objection. We want to be friends with our European neighbors, we want to buy their goods, and we want them to buy our goods. It is just the question of governance," the politician stated.
"We want our own way of running our country. If the European Union is supposed to be about democracy, then it should let us have our democracy and stop interfering," Coburn explained.
Earlier, a group of Brexit critics organized a protest campaign, hijacking a high-profile and traditionally British event to promote a message of solidarity with the EU. The activists were handing out EU flags for those attending the Last Night of the Proms at Royal Albert Hall on Saturday. The televised event crowns the popular series of summer concerts and usually a lot of British flags are on display in the audience.
The politician disapproved of the campaign, saying that concerns of Brexit critics are unjustified and that "things will be as they've always been" in Europe.
"I just think it is a usual stuff for the European Union and the people who support it. They don't believe in democracy and they are just trying to be as awkward as possible. What they do is they […] make them [the Brits] absolutely more determined to have more Union flags and be more British than ever," the politician stated.
