Favourite Brexit Memes Part 2

[Denzil_DC]

The original "Favourite Brexit Memes" thread's gotten so big that I've been reluctant to add more to it as it takes so long to load. It's here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/108810538

With yesterday's vote, I figured it might be time to start cataloguing them again. Join in if you want.

I think this'll do as the header graphic:




I have no idea why the non-dom tax-dodging multi-millionaire Rothermere family's so keen on a hard Brexit with no transition period. Maybe it's because they love the UK so much, maybe it's because the EU Anti Tax Avoidance Directive will come into force on 1 January 2019 and the EU's planning to clamp down on fat cats ripping us all off. Who can tell?

Anyway, judging by the front page of their daily rag, they're a bit miffed at yesterday's events in parliament, and it's time for a stiff dose of "Oh noes MARXISM!!!1!"



And yes, multi-millionaire-owned Daily Express, how dare these treacherous oafs disturb the flawlessly smooth progress towards Brexit chaos we've enjoyed so far?



To catch up a little, here's how Camley marked the "clinching" of Phase One:



And here's one entry in Scottish daily The National's competition when it published a blank front page under the headline "UK finally releases details of secret Brexit impact reports" and asked readers to fill it themselves:

[Corvo Bianco]

1. Thanks!

[msongs]

2. dear UK, you wanted out, you voted out, now...your'e out. good luck with your future - EU nt

[AngusBeef]

3. Teresa May is trash

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Love the Withnail picture!

The "self-consumed" Mail continues to make itself look even more of an arse than even the Express. Oliver Heald happened to be my parents' neighbour some years ago, and he was a stand-offish, but polite, old school Tory who I think will have voted as he did for the principle of Parliament getting to vote on an important matter.

The Mail's hysteria over MPs voting for Parliament to have a say in the future of the country, after all their "we want control" shouting, is rank hypocrisy.

[LeftishBrit]

10. Indeed

Stephen Hammond was MP for my mother's constituency, and I can guarantee that she never voted for him; but he always seemed to be someone trying to do the right thing according to his (admittedly somewhat dim) lights.

The fanaticism of the Republican right in America, and their purging of 'RINO's has ended in... Trump. The media should not encourage the same in the UK. I do remember Delingpole once calling Cameron a RINO!

[Denzil_DC]

5. In a nutshell:

[Denzil_DC]

6. And now for some Christmas spirit

From: https://twitter.com/hansmollman

[T_i_B]

7. Beat me to it!

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And another one from an old favourite...

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[LeftishBrit]

8. Love these, especially 'Phase One of Christmas'

[LeftishBrit]

9. But am horrified by the hate-campaign against the 'rebels'

That is not the attitude of a democratic country.

[JHan]

11. God the Daily Fail is so awful.

[Denzil_DC]

12. Faced with another Brexit impasse, to show we're deadly serious, deploy the ... cheese board

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Steven Woolfe MEP
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@Steven_Woolfe

Looking forward to giving Mr Barnier some fantastic products from Britain including some British wine and gin

As anybody who's watched Masterchef knows, it's all in the presentation:



Everyone's a critic nowadays:

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Ross Colquhoun
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@rosscolquhoun

So far EU leaders have struggled to take the UK's calamitous approach to Brexit seriously. It's hard to believe that someone sat down and thought, "You know what'll make them take us seriously? A basket of cheddar cheese."

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Jim Waterson
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@jimwaterson

Pro-Brexit campaigners present a basket of British goods to Michel Barnier. PG Tips and Marmite are made by anti-Brexit Anglo-Dutch company Unilever, Hendrick's is produced by a business that's concerned about Brexit hitting sales... it's not hard to check is it.

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Faisal Islam
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@faisalislam

BArnier appreciated the Brexit hamper, his adviser tells us that the cheese had EU origin protection mark, marmalade the EU organic mark

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Mark Stone ✔ @Stone_SkyNews

It’s worth noting that Hendricks owner (William Grant & Son) have their international marketing arm in... Dublin... and PG Tips / Marmite are owned by an Anglo-Dutch company (Unilever) who have warned of the negative effect of Brexit. Not sure about Winston or William.

Stefaan De Rynck @StefaanDeRynck

.@MichelBarnier liked 🎁 a lot: Pinot Noir, Dorset cheese w/ #EU protected origin, marmelade w/ EU organic logo; + he just saw Darkest Hour

[LeftishBrit]

13. Complete works of Shakespeare?

Then it will include the lines from 'King John': 'This England...Hath made a shameful conquest of itself'. Good description of Brexit!

And of course Brexit makes us dependent on Donald Trump, who is accurately prophesied in 'All's Well That Ends Well':

'A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.'

Nigel Farage is clearly predicted in 'As You Like It':

'Like the toad; ugly and venomous.'

[T_i_B]

14. Brexiters demonstrate British might by sending Barnier a copy of Razzlle, Buckfast and Wotsits

http://newsthump.com/2018/01/11/brexiters-demonstrate-british-might-by-sending-barnier-a-hamper-with-buckfast-wotsits-and-a-copy-of-razzle/

Several pro-Leave politicians staged a media event where they gave Michel Barnier a hamper full of British goods so as to show the world that Britain can once again be a great and powerful trading nation.

The group hoped to reverse the dominance of the EU in Brexit talks after getting their chief negotiator to take a sip of Tizer eat a chocolate Freddo or have a quick wank over nude pictures of housewives in Scarborough.

Simon Williams, a UKIP MEP, defended the action against accusations that it made British people look like arrogant cretins whose sense of taste is so poor they think Marks and Spencer’s ready meals are the height of gastronomy.

[Denzil_DC]

15. David Davies tries to woo the Austrians with a speech setting out his vision of Brexit

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Jo Maugham QC
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@JolyonMaugham

Is it just me? Or have expectations shifted a little since Davis said: "there will be no downside to Brexit, only a considerable upside."

A number of people run with the idea.

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Leo Mikłasz @leomiklasz

David Davis, 2018: Brexit will not be like Mad Max

David Davis, 2019: Brexit will be like Mad Max, but maybe Mad Max wasn't so bad?


Liptinite ♠♥♦♣ @RabidMercy

David Davis, 2020: We don't have the funds to make it as nice as Mad Max

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Keegan Murray @keegan_j_m

"Brexit is nothing like Mad Max", guffawed #DavidDavis to the insolent reporter, astounded she had the temerity to question Brexit negotiations.

"If anything it'll be much more like The Road", he continued.

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Ned Hartley‏ @NedHartley

2016: We will have £350 million more a week for the NHS

2017: We will probably be able to sell slightly more jam

2018: Look, you almost certainly won’t have to fight over water, ok?

[Denzil_DC]

16. I'd let this OP drop for a while as the whole thing's so damn depressing,

but with the draft deal shenanigans, today's crop are too good not to lay down for posterity.

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Kirsty Strickland ✔
@KirstyStricklan

If Dominic Raab resigns I am bagsying ''Raab C Exit'' just FYI.

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Ell Potter @Pottell

The sign language interpreter doing the Brexit Agreement on BBC News is perfectly conveying the perplexing fuckery of this situation #Brexit #BrexitChaos

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