My point is that Brexit may drive Northern Ireland away from the sinking UK and towards the EU member, economically rising, Irish Republic. Northern Ireland has been adjusting well to its fragile peace for 20 years. There isn’t much fight left in anyone involved. Prosperity has a tendency to take the wind out of extremists.
I am a hopeless optimist and probably not realistic in the slightest. I am looking for some bright spot in the shitshow that the British have gotten themselves into. .
That eye substitution thing has hit an unprecedented level of hideous in this instance. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
I debated whether to repost this, as it was used not that long ago, but it’s now more relevant than ever. Just in case you haven’t seen it.
Boris is not well regarded:
Inappropriate familiarity is a form of dominance, don’tcha know? Besides, calling him by his proper name* is tedious and, well, I don’t much care about being proper to those who treat others as dirt.
Boris it shall be, and Boris shall get no respect from me.
*Boris the Clown –ed.
I’ve always been a fan of “BoJo the Comedy Sociopath”, but I admit it’s a bit of a mouthful.
A problem with calling him ‘Boris’ is that it normalises his carefully-constructed caricature. If (when) he says something staggeringly offensive, the public (supporters and opponents, if the latter aren’t careful) tend to respond “Good old Boris; a bit bumbling but ours”.
I tend to just call him ‘Johnson’. Pretend he’s a normal person, to be regarded ito the same standards as a normal politician, with no allowances for ‘good old Boris’. Then when he ****s up, it’s a normal **** up, not an endearing eccentricity.
Oh no, he also has German ancestry?
Somebody has to do the work of being an optimist. I don’t currently have it in me.
The DUP are pursuing a policy of biting their nose to spite their face in pursuit of a policy of ideological purity signalling. So while the existence of the UK isn’t actually important to the Brexit Bros so much as their “taking back control” I. E. allowing the tory elite unfettered, no oversight authoritarian control of England, NI is the part they are least likely to let go of as they want victory. They feel the peace process denied them the victory that is their God given right.
Here is an excellent summary of Alexander Boris de Pffifel Johnson (Boris is, as @Ministry says, his brand) from the always on-point Ian Dunt.
Johnson seems appropriate, given its US meaning…
Certainly not all his children are allowed to call him Daddy.
It may be time for the Boris Johnson Drinking Game.
Step 1: Start drinking.
Step 2: Spill it on the sofa, start argument, neighbours call the police
Step 3: Be selected as next PM
Yikes
Maybe just “Fiffle the Clown,” then? It’s suitably silly and dismissive, but will anyone know it’s in reference to BoJo?
My guess is masturbating into the Sunday Times the minute the door closes on Number 10 but ICBW.
This one had me checking the news with a feeling of dread (on top of already existing feelings of dread)
Any Tory in charge of the DWP is going to be bad, but IDS is the worst of the worst. He’s a believer in Arbeit Macht Frei.
To any free countries that yet remain,
PLEASE SEND HELP.
Will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights?
If this agreement about the HVDC electricity connections to the continent doesn’t hold up, then the lights might go out all on their own.
https://www.newpower.info/2019/03/interconnector-access-rules-agreed-to-cover-no-deal-brexit/
