Brexit is like taking a shower without control of the water temperature

By George ILIEV
Brexit Metaphor No 56

Have you been at a hotel where you go for a shower and you realise you cannot control the temperature of the water? This is what Britain will experience after Brexit under the Withdrawal Agreement and the Irish Backstop. As an EU member state the UK would have had almost full control of the shower and the water temperature, but after Brexit it is foresaking this control (giving up the seat at the decision-making table) and accepting a shower at any temperature in order to be able to take a shower at all (i.e. to have access to the Single Market).

There is a slightly inelegant way to cope with a shower that is too hot: you can squat low so that the shower jets have time to cool a bit by the time the water reaches your skin. Squatting like this is not exactly genuflection but wouldn't you agree it is pretty close to it?

Shower (Source: Wikipedia)

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Notes:
1. Timeline: This article is part of a daily #BrexitMetaphors series, with 105 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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