Luxembourg PM's press conference - Snap verdict
That was extraordinary. Boris Johnson, the British prime minister, has just been humiliated by the leader of almost the tiniest country in the European Union.
We were expecting a joint, open-air press conference but, with a large crowd of anti-Brexit campaigners threatening to drown out Johnson, it was announced that the British PM was not going to take part (presumably because of the demonstration, although that has not officially been confirmed yet). Normally in these circumstances the polite thing to do is to re-arrange. But instead Xavier Bettel, the prime minister of Luxembourg, just went ahead anyway, effectively “empty chairing” his guest. At one point he even gestured at the space where Johnson was supposed to be.
And then Xavier just let rip. People often wonder what EU leaders say or think about Johnson in private. Well, now we know. The leave campaign was a pack of lies, Johnson’s talk of progress in the Brexit talk is unfounded, the UK still has not come up with any ideas about an alternative to the backstop. On and on he went, with particular emphasis on the point that the UK, not the EU, was to blame for the crisis. It was a “nightmare” for EU citizens, said Bettel. At several points he was loudly applauded by the protesters, because they felt he was articulating their anger.
Armitage_Shankburn wrote:All remainers have to examine themselves [...] If you've had it sweet for years with a nice job and hols with the family, home ownership creating money out of thin air and a tax free isa.
Yossarian wrote:That’s far from all remainers.Armitage_Shankburn wrote:All remainers have to examine themselves [...] If you've had it sweet for years with a nice job and hols with the family, home ownership creating money out of thin air and a tax free isa.
Armitage_Shankburn wrote:. We have a chance to heal the country, let's take it, instead of burying our head in the sand and hoping this all goes away.
Yossarian wrote:Armitage_Shankburn wrote:All remainers have to examine themselves [...] If you've had it sweet for years with a nice job and hols with the family, home ownership creating money out of thin air and a tax free isa.
That’s far from all remainers.
Kara_Jane_Addams wrote:Yossarian wrote:That’s far from all remainers.Armitage_Shankburn wrote:All remainers have to examine themselves [...] If you've had it sweet for years with a nice job and hols with the family, home ownership creating money out of thin air and a tax free isa.
It literally describes nobody I know or for that matter have ever even met.
Roujin wrote:Armitage_Shankburn wrote:. We have a chance to heal the country, let's take it, instead of burying our head in the sand and hoping this all goes away.
I mean yeah, we can start by not leaving the EU and getting those anti tax evasion laws onto the books that were a contributing factor in starting this bullshit in the first place.
Armitage_Shankburn wrote:Have you been on another planet for the last year or so?
Armitage_Shankburn wrote:Yossarian wrote:Armitage_Shankburn wrote:All remainers have to examine themselves [...] If you've had it sweet for years with a nice job and hols with the family, home ownership creating money out of thin air and a tax free isa.
That’s far from all remainers.
I didn't say that, nice edit. All remainers have to examine themselves. I did. If that's what you find, you're a tit. Capisce?
Yossarian wrote:Armitage_Shankburn wrote:Yossarian wrote:Armitage_Shankburn wrote:All remainers have to examine themselves [...] If you've had it sweet for years with a nice job and hols with the family, home ownership creating money out of thin air and a tax free isa.
That’s far from all remainers.
I didn't say that, nice edit. All remainers have to examine themselves. I did. If that's what you find, you're a tit. Capisce?
Yeah, I definitely haven’t bothered with a single moment of introspection, I know no remainers who did so, and there’s definitely no value in pointing out that your remainer bubble may not represent the wider remain feeling.
Kara_Jane_Addams wrote:Armitage_Shankburn wrote:Have you been on another planet for the last year or so?
I guess I just move in different circles.
Armitage_Shankburn wrote:You can read this stuff on twitter, and elsewhere https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/13/brexit-remain-radicalisation-fbpe-peoples-voteKara_Jane_Addams wrote:I guess I just move in different circles.Armitage_Shankburn wrote:Have you been on another planet for the last year or so?
Armitage_Shankburn wrote:You can read this stuff on twitter, and elsewhere https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/13/brexit-remain-radicalisation-fbpe-peoples-voteKara_Jane_Addams wrote:I guess I just move in different circles.Armitage_Shankburn wrote:Have you been on another planet for the last year or so?
Armitage_Shankburn wrote:Capisce?
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