Brexit Metaphor No 16
Brexit is a bed of roses. Kind of. Brexiteers dream of "taking back control" of their island garden. The garden is full of rose bushes which sounds very promising. The only problem is the plants don't have any flowers - only thorns.
For all the lauded benefits of Brexit, none has shown any promise of flowering or bearing fruit so far. Instead, all that has come out are problems and suboptimal outcomes worse than the status-quo. So even generous rose gardeners (i.e. Brexit donors) like Aaron Banks are now starting to change their tune to "Brexit is not worth it".
Theresa May, the chief gardener of the roses-turned-thorns project, is visibly tired after more than two years of having her fingers pricked by Brexit thorns right, left and centre. Will she get any respite if Brexit does take place on March 29, 2019?
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| Rose thorns (Source: Wikipedia) |
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(This article is part of a daily series, with 145 more Brexit Metaphors to follow until Brexit day, March 29, 2019.)
Finish the sentence.
ReplyDeleteBrexit is a:
a) bed of roses
b) crown of thorns
c) bed of thorns