Brexit Metaphor No 157
Mangrove trees can grow in salt water because they can excrete the absorbed salt via some of their leaves called sacrificial leaves. These leaves turn yellow from the excess salt and fall off into the sea.
The Conservative Party is a mangrove tree in the Brexit swamp and Theresa May is the yellow sacrificial leaf. Surprisingly, however, she has clung on to her tree in her role as Prime Minister for a turbulent three years.
Given her extraordinary survival, could she turn out to be not quite a sacrificial leaf but O. Henry's "The Last Leaf" instead?
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| Mangrove leaf (Source: Wikipedia) |
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Notes:
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