Re: The Swiss are in it
"I have heard of lot outlandish excuses but that is the best."
Judging by the English people I know - many of them have little insight into the way our representative democracy functions.
The Leave voters amongst them were generally unhappy about things that had nothing to do with the EU. eg they objected to too many immigrants from the Indian subcontinent. In some cases the EU's moderating influence had actually been to their personal benefit.