Tag: brexit
Never thought I’d say this but
Brexit fatigue
So it happened. Boris banged a gong and had beef-and-stilton-filled mini yorkshire puds. Nigel was smug but didn’t get his booze and fireworks because of council ordnance bans. A new 50p coin was (re-)issued. A “we’re sorry, we’ll be back” message was beamed on the the white cliffs of Dover.
While the world didn’t end from one day to the next, the “real” fun hasn’t begun yet. We’re in the transition period now. Things kind of stay the same. We still pay EU dues, but have no representation in parliament. Now, the government really needs to get all its long-term agreements sorted out before the timer runs out. Boris is already trying to be bombastic, but he’s soon going to realize that the “position of power” he’s claiming to have exists only in his head and not in the real world. The US is already salivating at the prospect of having access to the NHS (to raise drug prices) and food markets (to dump less regulated products like chlorinated chicken).
What have you done, you idiots?
Spot the newspapers for grown-ups
I know that all the broadsheets have a media bias, on either side, but it really seems that the tabloids just aren’t even trying anymore. The Sun, particularly, doesn’t disappoint in spoon-feeding garbage to its target audience. I mean, come on, could they pile it on any thicker?
Vote early, vote often!
MPs voted by 438 to 20 to have a pre-Christmas election in what is expected to be the most unpredictable contest in a generation.
After Johnson failed to take the UK out of the EU on October 31 as promised, the major battle line will be drawn along on the subject of Brexit. Sadly, he didn’t die in a ditch. Yet another promise that wasn’t upheld.
The Conservatives will campaign to get Brexit done by pushing through Johnson’s deal, while Labour is promising a second referendum to let the people resolve the EU question.
The Brexit party will try to outgun the Tories by arguing for a no deal Brexit, while the Liberal Democrats will seek remain votes from Labour by pledging to revoke article 50.
God knows how the vote will be split once everything is tallied.
Make Britain Great Again
Next round of who-the-hell-knows-what’s-going-to-happen
Welcome to ‘Whose Parliament Is It Anyway?’, the government where everything is made up the the MPs don’t matter. In this round, scrotal sac BoJo becomes the 1st prime minister since 1894 to lose his first parliamentary vote, tosspot Jacob Rees-Mogg takes a nap on the commons frontbench and all hell breaks loose – again.
The (Brexit) Scream
I can’t even anymore
So. The last round of indicative votes have all been rejected. Again. It’s like trying to reason with a kid in a full toddler meltdown. What do you want? I don’t know. Do you want this? No! How about this, then? No! What about this one? NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Guardian flowcharts about what *might* happen are getting more and more like the Who the fuck knows picture I posted a few days ago, with even more what-if lines of batshit craziness.
I care deeply about what’s going to happen, and even I am getting Brexit fatigue.
So, fasten your seatbelt and grab a barf-bag, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.