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Thursday, 19 July 2018

Brexit is a fractal metaphor

The voters, they are fickle, confused and confusing. They'd slightly prefer Labour was in charge, they don't think leaving was a good idea but are evenly split on the prospect of a straightforward second referendum, really don't want a three-way referendum but would quite enthusiastically vote to remain if there was one.

I think we're now entering fractal territory in which Brexit is itself a metaphor for Brexit.

Support for a straightforward second referendum has climbed to 40% — its highest figure recorded in a YouGov poll — but still behind the 42% who oppose the idea.

The idea of a three-way referendum, proposed this week by former Cabinet minister Justine Greening, is itself unpopular with voters, with only 36% in favour of the proposal and 47% opposed to the idea.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/yougov-poll-voters-would-rather-remain-in-eu-than-accept-a-no-deal-brexit-2018-7?utm_source=reddit.com

4 comments:

  1. This sounds like something supersymmetry might be needed to explore.

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  2. For many decades now, I've been regaled with tales of idiot Americans - I'm no longer even appalled by them, I am told these stories, even here in the States. There's always a condescending prefatory caveat about how what follows doesn't apply to me, like some overture to an opera buffa. I kinda smile and laugh along, for some of the stories are funny and I suppose most of them to be true.

    But internally, I am baring my teeth and quoting that old kotowaza 頭隠して尻隠さず == hiding one's head and baring one's ass.

    Well, now I've lived long enough to see the UK's reputation reduced to just such a terrible state of affairs. Never again will anyone be able to say the UK is a more sensible place than the USA - which I freely admit is just chock full of stupid people.

    Trumpkins on this side of the Atlantic, Leavers on that side. #MUKGA

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  3. Dan Weese First country to undo its stupidity gets insult rights back. At least until they do something equally stupid again.

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  4. Rhys Taylor Mark Twain wrote a story called The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg . Well worth the read:

    gutenberg.org - The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain

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