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Gosh, and there was me thinking that Boris was somewhat suspect on international relations. Khan and the blimp, this is infant school sand pit type stuff not a political protest of merit. I don't think I've seen UK reduced to an image of such juvenile behaviour before ->
... the problem of course is that any actual protest will now be undermined and this will be brought up again and again in the future. Slow hand clap.
Future of political demonstration is an annual carnival protest where people can bring their favourite blimps and floats to be adored by cheering crowds with prizes for the best display and plenty of lemon drizzle cake. Any actual message will be lost in the pageantry. #numpties
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The most popular option every time - backed on average by just over a quarter - has been to leave without a deal at all - bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi… ... well, I'd prefer GE followed by Corbyn + Brexit (preferably WTO but EEA docked to EFTA is fine) but that's a bit specialised.
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YouGov had Remain 4%+
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Political correctness is a major malaise afflicting discourse in our times.

Wiki defines it in a rather restrictive way-

"the language, policies, or measures intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society"

But I feel this is not accurate
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"Any surreptitious attempt to modify the style of public discourse so as to render politically inconvenient talking points unacceptable on one's own political side"
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