The Ultimate Flounce

[Canary42]

Reading another recent thread (with Retrocop's brilliant poem), it occurred to me that Britain's proposed exit from the EU was the Ultimate Flounce - cutting off one's nose to spite one's face.

[ummmm]

Not everyone agrees with you.

[maggiebee]

Not everyone agrees - but I do Canary.

[hereIam]

I don't.

[naomi24]

Maggiebee would agree because that's exactly what she hopes Scotland will do.

Incidentally, I don't agree with you either, Canary.

[spathiphyllum]

I agree, Canary. It is literally a flounce because we're not happy with the way things are going. Literally a flounce. Big ol flounce. #VoteToFlounce #VoteNotToFlounce


Who are the real snowflakes

[ToraToraTora]

back for more canary??

[andres]

After three years of wrangling, negotiating, voting etc. one can hardly say that the UK 's proposed exit has been the 'ultimate flounce'. We haven't exactly --stormed, pranced , bounded or bounced out.

[Old_Geezer]

Don't much care how you describe it so long as we escape.

Hardly cutting one's nose off from this side of the table though. We were willing to deal as long as the vital red lines weren't ignored. The other side though, well they were ok with demanding the ridiculous and refusing to budge, presumably shored up by the thought that rebels in the UK would stop it all eventually.

[spathiphyllum]

One can do exactly that and say.. Brexit is actually just a big ol flounce.

Ironic.. so ironic.

So.. a load of people (brexeteers) think it's unfair how the EU system works (even though it's democratic).. So because they keep losing (in their minds) the election of who is in charge, and they claim.. "unelected bureaucrats" (even though they're democratically elected).

Now.. due to this brexit! yay!!

However not everyone was up for it (remoaners i think the brectums call us) so because of this, and because of how close the vote was we felt it was not democratic to peruse the flounce. but, apparently that's not democracy, and we were all called snowflakes.

Ironic, no?

Ironic remaners are called snowflakes and called names due to not being happy with the vote.. When the entirety of brexit was kickstarted by some brectums not being happy with a vote.

The whole thing is pathetic and so is anyone who even dares to imagine they have the first clue on what impacts brexit will have globally and to the UK.

[Gromit]

A flounce would imply that we are abruptly leaving because we are not getting what we want.
The reality is that the UK politicians/negotiators/Government have been unable to decide themselves what they want, so they have been unable to ask the EU.
If anything, they are running away from negotiating a deal because they can’t actually perform the task.

[naomi24]

//The reality is that the UK politicians/negotiators/Government have been unable to decide themselves what they want, so they have been unable to ask the EU.//

The reality is that the UK politicians/negotiators/Government haven’t been negotiating Brexit at all. They, together with the EU negotiators, have been attempting to find a way to keep this country tied to the EU.

[Mamyalynne]

Agree,disagree or beyond caring - it all feels like that embarrassing moment when someone gets the hem of their dress caught in the door.

[Gromit]

// attempting to find a way to keep this country tied to the EU. //

We do 45% of our trade with the EU and we want to retain that (or most of it). That will require making agreements with them. That is not tying us to them, it is been canny about our trade options.

[naomi24]

^Tell it to the fairies.

[Peter Pedant]

// Not everyone agrees with you.//

oh - Retro's poem wasnt that good?
can anyone perhaps the poet himself? give the reference

it would be churlish and rude to say I dont want to wade froo all his posts, I wd only reserve that comment for Andie or Nize.

tally-ho for an election !

[Peter Pedant]

// back for some more canary? //

what a great answer - does it mean what I think it means ? poetic almost

[hereIam]

Of course the whole thing is 'pathetic' spath. The leave vote won and we are STILL in over three years down the line because of remainer MP's who refuse to adhere to the democratic process. Damn right, it's pathetic !!

[Old_Geezer]

A three year flounce then. Didn't know it was possible to be that abrupt.

[Spicerack]

Great analogy. It'd be better if AB were charging us swinging amounts of money to be members.....and telling us what we were allowed to say.

[ichkeria]

Brussels would take away our fl ounces and replace them with litres.