Brexit Metaphor No 143
Many Brits voted for Brexit in a snub to the establishment. The EU referendum offered an opportunity to "give the fig" to the ruling elite, which was seized in large numbers by Labour supporters in the North of England.
At the same time, many Tories in the south of England are using Brexit as a fig leaf to hide their diverse but narrow interests: from nationalists who don't want more foreigners; to hedge fund managers who detest the EU cap on banker bonuses; to Brexiteer politicians who see it as an opportunity to go up the political ladder. Conveniently, the fig leaf is big enough to cover all these narrow interests at the point where they intersect: Britain’s relationship with the EU.
We all like some figgy pudding... but wouldn’t it have been so much easier if the fig leaves could have simply covered the figs?
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| Fig leaf (Source: Wikipedia) |
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