Brexit Metaphor No 21
What happens when you ignore the sign "Don't feed the seagulls" and start feeding them? They become vicious and start attacking people. This is exactly what has been going on with the Brexiteers in the last decade.
David Cameron was the person who fed the seagulls (the Brexiteers) on three major occasions:
1. He withdrew his Conservative Party from the European People's Party in the European Parliament in 2009 and thus lost power at EU level.
2. He promised to run a referendum on EU membership if he got re-elected in 2015. He didn't think he would win the UK elections but miraculously won.
3. He scheduled the referendum in June 2016 (in the aftermath of the 2015 Syrian migration crisis), when he needn't have done it until at least 2017.
We have all seen the outcome: the seagulls have become "The Birds" from Alfred Hitchcock's horror movie: vicious and aggressive. What can future generations of British politicians learn from this? Whatever you do, do not feed the seagulls.
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| "Don't feed the seagulls" warning, Whitby (UK), Nov 9, 2018 |
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Notes:
1. This article is part of a daily series, with 140 more Brexit Metaphors to follow until Brexit day, March 29, 2019.
2. Disclosure: the author has a master's degree in European Integration.
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