Brexit Metaphor No 127.
Brexit is like fireworks: flashy and visible, expensive (costly) to put on, and with ephemeral benefits.
EU membership is like the stars: stable and lasting, low-key, and helpful in providing direction to navigators across the world.
The Brexit fireworks can outshine the star-studded firmament of EU membership but only as long as there are fireworks left to explode. Once the fireworks are used up and the smoke settles, the stars in the sky will be visible again. Because fireworks exist to provide a show, while the stars set an ideal at which people and organisations with a higher purpose aim: "aim for the stars."
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| New Year's fireworks in London, Jan 2012 |
Notes:
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