The EU Fault Line
Why do liberals and conservatives disagree so strongly about the EU? Here is one hypothesis.
Liberals believe everything good comes from the state, and the core functions of the state: the Police, Education, and the Health Service are all (in the main) still functions of the nation states.
Conservatives believe that everything good comes from the individual, from enterprise in the economic and civil realm. But the economic realm of the country is now almost entirely the province of the EU.
For the Liberals we have full control over the good stuff in life, for the Cons we have given up the most important things in life.
In defense of the second point of view, Hayek’s view was that virtually all of our public and private life is in some measure related to economic issues. Family picnic anyone? EU regulated food, drink, textiles (for rugs) etc..