Tag: Brexit
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Cage Alight
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We in Britain are groping about in a strange country, which just happens to be our own. What next ? Where next ? And what has just occured ? Two days ago, May’s deal was voted down by an enormous margin. Yesterday, she survived (not by that much) a vote of no confidence. Has anything…
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Maybot’s Standing
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This stanza was written on a Monday morning, after “The Guardian” quoted a speech Theresa May is due to make today. It includes this sentence : “I ask MPs to consider the consequences of their actions on the faith of the British people in our democracy.” Tomorrow her “deal” is expected to be voted down in…
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Self-Maiming
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References “Que pensez-voz, Parrot ? What meneth this besynes ?” from Speak, Parrot by John Skelton (c1460-1529). “Human kind/Cannot bear very much reality” from Burnt Norton by TS Eliot (1888-1965)… continue reading