Brexit Metaphor No 78.
Planets and comets orbit the sun - it's the most natural thing. But try to shoot a one-tonne satellite from Earth into space and you'll find it takes enormous energy, effort and technological sophistication to defy the pull of gravity.
Norway and Switzerland are small comets that orbit the EU. They function perfectly well in their stable orbits but they have always been flying in space around the EU and were never part of it.
Britain is the opposite case: it is struggling to defy gravity to launch itself out of the EU and into space. It faces two major problems in this endeavour:
1) Weight: The heaviest satellite that has ever been launched from Earth had a payload of 7 tonnes, while Britain is the size of a very large comet.
2) Thrust: The UK is a very heavy satellite that will require a gigantic rocket to launch it into space. The search for such a rocket is still going on three months before take-off.
Will Britain manage to launch itself into space? We'll find out by March 29.
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| Comet (Source: Wikipedia) |
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