By George ILIEV
Brexit Metaphor No 167London's Trafalgar Square has a new outdoor art installation that brings together the key metaphors of Brexit:
1) "Cherry picking": Britain's demands for a-la-carte trade with the EU.
2) "Tilting at windmills": attacking imaginary enemies, a la Don Quijote.
3) "Fly in the ointment": the irritations of having to negotiate trade deals after formally executing Brexit (step 1 of 27).
4) "Flash in the pan" - or rather flash in the windows: the success of the 2016 referendum and the 2019 general elections that may never be repeated again.
5) Nelson's Column: all these metaphors are juxtaposed with the symbol of Britain's victorious imperial past.
Trafalgar Square, August 7, 2020
