The Euro-skepticism and downright hatred in the UK towards anything beyond its own shores is frightening at times
Adam, if you think the pro-IMCR view is in some way xenophobic or anti-European then I think you may have misunderstood. This is not telling the rest of Europe they must do things our way, or mustn't do things some other way. It is asking very nicely if we can carry on doing what we've done for a long time, is liked here, probably increases safetey and (most important) doesn't cause any disadvantage to anyone else.
We'd like to recommend the IMCR to other countries, but failing that please can we keep it. What's anti-European about that?
Thinking that being "European" is about forcing everyone to do the same thing is like suggesting that we should drive on the right, that Bavarians should stop wearing Lederhosen, that the Irish should stop drinking Guinness... (enough national stereotypes)