1/10 at a family dinner in Spain last night. Table plan had me next to a elderly English couple. Quintessentially Gammon. On hearing my Scottish accent, the old fella says ‘Gordon Brown ruined the UK’. Good opener I thought
2/10 Turns out they are Brexiteers. Ah, I said, “how well is that going then? Genuinely, please point out a benefit, any benefit to the country?”
3/10 old dear got flustered and spluttered ‘we got rid of the EU and the foreigners. The newspapers are full of the benefits.” I asked her what newspaper did she read
4/10 Daily Mail as it turned out. And that was her source of news. She didn’t take kindly to me laughing out loud or my suggestion that she was a victim of the populist right wing movement
5/10 I pointed out she was now an immigrant in Spain and couldn’t stay without a visa. Family members present had paid £20k so for work visas…
6/10 As it turned out, her hubby is a huge fan of Farage, ex UKIP man and now Tory member. Tells me to my face, ‘England control the UK and don’t you forget it’.
7/10 had to agree and explained that the Scotland and Northern Ireland rejected Brexit and his government and so, as usual we got what we didn’t vote for. But where is all the benefits I persevered..
8/10 We have staff shortages, rising prices, failing currency. Restaurants and hotels closing because of ‘Get Brexit Done’, how is any of this good for us, I asked.
9/10 “We got rid of the foreign immigrants” she frothed. “That was the whole point”. She got up angry, calls me a sad old man (I’m 12 years younger than the old dear) and she storms off, the Nigel fan trailing in her wake.
10/10 Oh how I love a family wedding #entertainment #brexit
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