From codpieces to zeppelins: here's to the best of Brexit | Marina Hyde
David Cameron’s referendum on EU membership was intended to “settle the issue for a generation”. Since then, Britain has been trapped in a midsummer night’s scream that has lasted four and a half years, and has not technically actually even begun. We must hope the way to the sunlit uplands is via shit creek – because that’s certainly the direction we took. Still, as we sit and wait for deal or no deal, let’s take a look at Brexit’s best bits.
At one point, . On another occasion, a Ukip leader wrote to the Queen to inform her she had when she signed the Maastricht treaty. A thinktank suggested – the only problem being, they were insanely expensive and entirely weather-dependent. During one of the “” – sorry, no idea – an MP to parliament: “This is a turd of a deal, which has now been taken away and polished, and is now a polished turd. But it might be the best turd that we’ve got.”
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