Really.
I don't doubt that what you say is at least partly true - there are strange beliefs on the fringes of any political culture. What surprises me is that in England, those beliefs seem to go right up into the ruling class. Is it that they think the EU is actually too democratic for them and risks undermining their exclusive hold on power? notes from no w here
How is it possible to be paranoid about bodies - EU, UN - whilst at the same time holding the view that they are utterly ineffectual and incompetent and incapable of running a piss-up in a brewery?