Brexit is fudge - burnt fudge

By George ILIEV
Brexit Metaphor No 17

Britain is great at making fudge. This includes both the caramel sweet and the metaphorical fudge: muddling through and arriving at vague and fuzzy deals. One might blame for the second variety Britain's traditions in diplomacy or the British penchant for sitting on the fence. Irrespective of the cause, the effect is fudge.

Given the huge constraints and disadvantages that Britain faces in the negotiations with the EU, any Brexit agreement will be "fudge". The problem of making fudge is that if you cook it too long you may burn it. So after 2.5 years of cooking the same fudge, Britain has probably burnt it already. We don't know yet but we'll find out by January 2019 at the latest if the fudge is burnt beyond being edible. And if that's the case, the chances of a meaningful Brexit agreement go into the bin like burnt fudge.

British fudge (Source: Wikipedia)

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(This article is part of a daily series, with 144 more Brexit Metaphors to follow until Brexit day, March 29, 2019.)