This is how UK's Withdrawal ends: "not with a bang, but a whimper"

By George ILIEV
Brexit Metaphor No 53

The UK's Withdrawal Agreement was supposed to be defeated in Parliament today. However, Theresa May chose not to table it at all and instead re-enacted T. S. Eliot's famous metaphor. So this is how the Withdrawal Agreement ends: "not with a bang, but a whimper."

T. S. Eliot: "Not with a bang, but a whimper" (Source: Bozhil Hristov)

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Notes:
1. Timeline: This article is part of a daily #BrexitMetaphors series, with 108 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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