Saunders needs to take a look at the root causes of the demises of Social Democracy in Europe.  But that would go against his love of neo-liberalism and globalization.  There are so few manufacturing and other blue collar jobs left there is no working class to vote Socialdemocratic anylonger.  The last  20 years of EU politics and general stress on moving production and the jobs around and around in circles has taken us to this situation.  And those that vote today see the connection with EU membership and the lack of control of economies and social and cultural policies within the member countries. 
What is happening with Brexit and in France and all over is only the natural thing.  The EU will fall
apart.  Maybe not now but sooner or later it will, for it serves no function for state building.  All
the European countries are but shadows of their former selves.  So why lament when we should
cheer.  And what it to Doug Saunders?  Why so much emotion?  He's not one of us.