I know – it’s tough. When it comes to those responsible for the self-inflicted and now festering wound that is Brexit - you can choose from so many out-and-out scum bags to dithering idiots and everything in-between.
There’s the guy who landed us with the totally
unnecessary, unplanned and unexplained sink
or swim option and then pissed off - Cameron.
There are those who lied and lied and lied and
whipped up xenophobia with agendas we could only guess at – like Farage, B Johnson,
Gove, Ree Smogg.
There are those who corruptly connived behind the
scenes – like Aaron Banks, Cambridge Analytica etc.
There are those who have played the mess entirely
for their own gain – such as B Johnson (anyone want a second-hand water cannon?)
There are the rats that helped create the lunatic climate
for Brexit and have since left the sinking ship in droves e.g. the Banks.
There are the 10 dinosaur DUP hypocrites who propped
up Theresa May's listing Brexit government for a £1bn bribe despite Ireland voting Remain.
And there are those who made absolutely no effort to
stop it because they were too inept, self-focused and slow witted to try (and
actually didn’t want to) - Jeremy Corbyn.
Then there is the broad band of bonkers Brexiteers
themselves who – now that the inevitable mess has come crashing down - are
either fleeing for their political lives or blaming everyone but themselves. I
mean – don’t you have to laugh at Dominic Raab? The recently resigned Brexit
secretar claimed to be amazed and appalled at the deal he was in on
negotiating and just a few days prior to that had admitted he hadn’t understood
just how man essential UK supplies came into Britain on the Calais to Dover route…
Finally there's us – the hapless Remainers – looking
on like bewildered spectators at the worst freak show in history – horrified,
sickened but unable to escape. How did it come to this?
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