Brexit

I know everybody is keenly following Brexit, and so this will come as no surprise to anybody. But, I thought I’d add in my opinion anyway.

Brexit is Great Britain exiting the European Union (EU).

In 2016, the British Prime Minister of the time, David Cameron, announced a public referendum to decide whether Britain should leave the EU or not.

The Remain side of the debate told people that staying in the EU was far more stable and reliable.

The Leave side told people that immigrants would steal all their jobs if Britain remained, and lied that there would be millions of pounds that wouldn’t go to the EU and instead could go to hospitals. So, of course, the public voted to leave by 52%-48%.

And instead of just saying “The Leave side lied and are full of racists, so obviously we won’t be leaving,” the Conservative Government decided that the decision had been made to leave.
Now, over two years after the debate, the current Prime Minister, Theresa May, is still trying desperately to negotiate Great Britain leaving, and lots of Ministers who called for Britain to leave have resigned because it is far more difficult than they thought.

Here is the best comparison:

It’s like if a group of guys were out at a bachelor party, totally off-their-heads drunk. And they all agreed “Let’s vote on something to do tomorrow!”.
Just then, a beautiful woman who people vaguely recognise from some political TV show walks up and says “You want something to do tomorrow? Why not have sex with me! Vote for that!”

And the bachelor boy says “Well, 48% of us have said we have no idea what your motivates are, and they said no. But, 52% of us think you’re hot, so they’ve voted to have sex with you!”.
Then, the woman said “I told you it was sex with me, it’s actually sex with a lion at the local zoo. Bye!” Then she leaves.

Instead of just saying “That woman lied and we can’t have sex with a lion,” the guys said “We’re going to have to find some strong condoms and thick gloves.”

Two hours into the debate, somebody at the party says he will take control, and he keeps coming back to the poor bachelor boy in the bar, updating his pals with “I’ve called the zoo keepers, they’ve all laughed at me, but I’m still determined that we’re going to get this done.”

This guy spends two years trying to convince the zookeepers to that he & his friends should ass-rape this poor lion. Finally, he says to the bachelor at the heart of the party that he’s really sorry, he’s going to have to give up control, but he hopes that somebody else will be able to negotiate the fornication with the animal.

Some people are saying “We should just get on with it!” and of course those individuals are all idiots. The UK should not be having sex with a lion. There’s nothing to gain from it. There’s only downsides.

To be clear, there is only one pathway to gain any respect. Somebody in that powerful group needs to stand up and say “Look, we’re sensible people. We’ve sobered up and we know, the right thing to do is think logically.”

Conservative UK Government: Forget about that poor lion!

Best wishes for 2019.