Brexit Metaphor No 103.
With Hard Brexit beckoning on March 29, it would be useful for Britain to look itself in the mirror and decide which metaphor describes it better:
1) a plane in mid-air that will eventually need to land; or
2) a ship that is sailing in the open ocean and is in no hurry to dock at any port.
Brexiteers seem to think (or at least say) that the British economy can survive Hard Brexit without significant disruption, so they would probably pick the ship metaphor.
Realists, however, fear the havoc that a Hard Brexit may wreak, and would probably lean towards the plane metaphor.
But maybe there is a third metaphor that draws on the other two: an aircraft carrier with fighter jets onboard. Britain will not disappear in case of Hard Brexit but many industries and jobs will suffer: just like an aircraft carrier that is still seaworthy but has lost some of its planes.
Might the Brexiteers be unable to see the dangers of Hard Brexit because Britain's only existing aircraft carrier has yet to be equipped with fighter jets?
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| Aircraft carrier (Source: Wikipedia) |
Notes:
1. Timeline: This article is part of a series of original #BrexitMetaphors published daily. A total of 103 have been posted so far and another 58 Brexit Metaphors will be published every day until the planned Brexit date of March 29, 2019.
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