Brexit Metaphor No 88.
Have you seen the history of Soviet civlisation? I haven't. And neither has the professor who supposedly teaches such a subject at a Russian university (see photo). The history of said civilisation seems to be contained in a few thumbtacks on an empty noticeboard.
January 15, 2019 was the beginning of the end of the even more short-lived Brexit civilisation (excuse the oxymoron). Theresa May's crushing 432:202 defeat in the British Parliament means that UK's withdrawal from the EU is less likely to happen on March 29, 2019, if at all. Britain has experienced a few pinpricks along the Brexit motorway so far, including a sustained devaluation of the pound since 2016; bank asset transfers to the Continent; and London losing the European Banking Authority (to Paris) and the European Medicines Agency (to Amsterdam). Yet, this would be a minor price to pay for foregoing the pleasures of living in a Brexit civilisation.
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| History of Soviet Civilisation (notice board at Moscow university, Jan 15, 2019) |
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| Self-explanatory (BBC World News screenshot, Jan 15, 2019) |
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