De Engelse pub is een unieke plek om filosofische onderwerpen te bespreken met een een pint bier. Deze twee hebben begrepen dat Brexit niet is wat het lijkt… “Je weet wel dat omdat die idioten in Westminster het nergens mee eens zijn zullen we voor Europese parlementsleden in Straatsburg moeten stemmen!” “Echt waar?” “Ja.” […]
“Brexit Illusions” – By Lewis Carroll And The Two Ronnies
I don’t know whether British citizens living in the heart of the EU should feel embarrassed, bemused, ashamed, or totally indifferent to the Brexit illusions going on in Westminster. The Brexit saga seems to be more of a cross between a Lewis Carroll fantasy and a sketch performed by the Two Ronnies, than a debate […]
EUROPE: Les Cinqs Salopards Du Brexit Et Les 17 Millions d’Abrutis Qui Les Ont Crus!
J’ai fait exprès d’incorporer le titre du petit commentaire qui est apparu dans le Charlie Hebdo du 20 mars dernier, et qui faisait allusion à cinq petits chenapans qui ont fait chavirer tout un pays. En fait, le Royaume-Uni – et plus précisément l’Angleterre – n’a fallu qu’un petit coup de pousse de nos salopards pour […]
Meet The Five Bad Boys Of Brexit
The latest mishap to hit Theresa May’s vision of Brexit tells us one fundamental truth. It’s a truth that none of us men can escape, and may be hard for us to swallow. The fact is that it’s always women who are asked to clean up after we bad boys have left a dreadful mess. […]
Brexit Is Brexit, And Marmite Is Marmite!
How dare they! How could they! And who are the traitors buying this unsavoury mix? It is a mix that defies what I am and where I come from. There are not many things that I have treasured since I left England in 1984, but Christmas pudding, Manchester City, and Marmite figure high up on […]
Socrates And The People’s Vote
Is Brexit the right thing to do because the people voted for it, or is it because Brexit is the right thing to do, that the people voted for it? For all remainers, it may be a ray of hope at the end of a dark tunnel. For the country as a […]
Brexit Musings (42) – London And Brussels Get Their Wires Crossed Over A Faulty Extension
The original extension Can someone help me with understanding the extension? I thought that I was quite knowledgeable about Brexit, having been upset, angry and frustrated for two weeks after the referendum that I couldn’t vote in, having worried for 18 months about the continuing validity of my qualification, having been forced to spend money […]
A Pi In The Sky – 3.14 And A Few More Decimals
I was never much good at maths. In fact, to this day, I will never come to terms with 10 minutes of nightmare that I went through during a maths test. I was about 10 at the time, but I remember every single moment of having to admit to the whole class that I was […]
Film Review: “Carmen And Lola” – Coming Out As Gay In Repressive Romani Culture
It’s a familiar theme relating the attitude that we have as a society, and men in particular, concerning women. It’s a theme that revolves around well-known clichés, but that we will never get tired of seeing. We must certainly never get tired of facing the truth about what it is to be a woman. We […]
Retour Des Djihadistes – Risque d’Attentats Sur l’A1 En Direction Du Nord
Alors qu’il m’a fallu presque un demi-siècle pour trouver la femme de mes rêves, à peine 240 heures auront suffi pour que ce combattant djihadiste tombe amoureux d’une lycéenne londonienne déguisée en nirvana bouddhiste version arabe, en plein désert. Jago Riedijk, né aux Pays-Bas, a mis dix jours pour épouser l’adolescente britannique Shamima Begum. Il savait […]