Unsurprisingly, Brexit Britain has little room for remembering Roy Jenkins. Former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary, but also damningly President of the European Commission, this giant of mid twentieth century British politics was once widely considered the greatest talent to miss out on Number 10. Roy Jenkins was first elected to the House of Commons as a Labour MP in a by-election in 1948. Arguably, his pivotal role as a reforming Home Secretary in the 1960’s is his great legacy, while the ultimate failure of the SDP from its 1980’s heyday his great regret. Unfortunately, this failure to…

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