I think John Oliver had the right analogy. The backers of Brexit promised the voters a unicorn and the best the Prime Minister could deliver was a horse with an ice-cream cone glued to its forehead because unicorns don’t exist, a fact that the hard-line Brexiters refuse to recognize.
Theresa May?s foray to Brussels to seek the E.U.?s aid in getting a deal through her Parliament ended in frustration, leaving her with no clear way forward.
No one should underestimate the power of ethnic hatred to motivate people to do things that are counterproductive when it comes to their own standard of living. — Lester Thurow