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Greg Evans
Mar 28, 2019
There are many, many ways to describe Brexit. Mess. Chaos. Embarrassing. Omnishambles. Humiliating. Painful. 'Worse than The Phantom Menace.'
Those are just a few words that we would use to describe the last three years but sometimes only a visual metaphor will suffice.
So, whilst the country crumbles to smithereens, like crisps under the hoofs of bison, here are 24 visual metaphors that sum up Brexit better than any words ever could.
1. Brian McFadden
Brexit metaphor number 869.... https://t.co/qwzmonRD19— Dr Phil Hammond 💙 (@Dr Phil Hammond 💙) 1553768869
2. This good doggo
Is this a metaphor for #brexit https://t.co/mozcCRezED— Eric Jenson Jenson Jenson (@Eric Jenson Jenson Jenson) 1553756710
3. This sign on a building in Cardiff
A visual metaphor for #brexit from Cardiff... https://t.co/EEx3nd3jm1— Iestyn (@Iestyn) 1553763244
3. Crisps
4. This fence
The U.K. brexiting https://t.co/9MYXSjLGMo— Rupert Myers (@Rupert Myers) 1552717257
5. Iain Duncan Smith's car
An actual classic car wouldn't have been that bad. But IDS turned up in a Morgan - essentially a replica of a pre-w… https://t.co/gycnNEJOA4— Simon Tilford (@Simon Tilford) 1553506851
6. Jeremy Corbyn, a mother and a dog
I get this picture: the woman is a metaphor for a sensible route to revoking Article 50; the dog stands for Corbyn’… https://t.co/A4wwugPOls— Stig Abell (@Stig Abell) 1553329483
7. The government's petition website crashing
Oh look, a Brexit metaphor. https://t.co/WhHluT6ji9— Graham Cluley (@Graham Cluley) 1553159142
8. The cabinet leaving Number 10
Is this shot of cabinet ministers leaving Number 10 this afternoon some sort of unintentional Brexit metaphor? https://t.co/ftWqbfXMDn— Tom Barton (@Tom Barton) 1553096994
9. The 'Leave Means Leave' march
What was advertised Vs reality Perfect metaphor for brexit. ⬇️ https://t.co/bkpWwTYFRS— 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻 (@𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻) 1552990666
An open-topped bus in the rain is as good a visual metaphor for Brexit as any; Nigel Farage sitting alone in it is… https://t.co/9YJmTRSqg8— Miss Texas 1967 (@Miss Texas 1967) 1552741173
10. Water lilies
11. Manchester United
12. Ash Wednesday
Is this some kind of Brexit metaphor? https://t.co/15r8K3gHso— Charlie Stross (@Charlie Stross) 1553262234
13. This panda trying to get into a hammock
Why has everything become a metaphor for brexit! I can’t look st this panda and not think brexit! https://t.co/2oqu80kKgl— Nitin Ganatra (@Nitin Ganatra) 1553197986
14. A horse drawn carriage in Hyde Park
A metaphor of #Brexit? The #UK will not go back to a #Victorian golden age but is definitely looking more to the pa… https://t.co/j9m9cZyB40— Federico Bianchi (@Federico Bianchi) 1552989366
15. Two snakes killing each other
Brexit. https://t.co/0kHZdCVfy2— Will Wilkinson 🌐 (@Will Wilkinson 🌐) 1552798407
16. Theresa May running late
@bbclaurak …a bit like Brexit?— Mark Knight (@Mark Knight) 1553113172
17. Unicorns
Daughter gets out of bed upon hearing someone in the Brexit debate use the word "unicorns" and asks why they're tal… https://t.co/tTLG1jnRAj— Jane Merrick (@Jane Merrick) 1553550664
18. Boris Johnson's Moses analogy
Boris calls for us to spend 40 years wandering the wilderness. Apt #Brexit metaphor. https://t.co/IxsLREUkgV— Ross Greer (@Ross Greer) 1553467238
19. This cat flap
'Jasper, give me a visual metaphor for Brexit.' https://t.co/HSjEd2T6Su— Carrie Thompson (@Carrie Thompson) 1553256127
20. A cup of peppermint tea
"The bag itself goes directly in the bin" James Acaster's #Brexit teabag metaphor still the original and best 👏 https://t.co/4nK4YRjXar— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻) 1530564793
21. A grandad necking half a pot of paint
Siri, show me the least subtle Brexit metaphor https://t.co/nF6xICffV2— John B (@John B) 1551138444
22. Big Ben
[London spam 3/?] Visual metaphor of parliament collectively hiding from Brexit responsibility. -B https://t.co/gzlzVcPNCo— Overly Sarcastic Productions (@Overly Sarcastic Productions) 1550655454
23. Theresa May meeting Jean-Claude Juncker
Brexit: a visual metaphor. https://t.co/mMy8nGIoct— ian bremmer (@ian bremmer) 1551131618
24. Theresa May's jam
the most powerful Brexit metaphor I've ever seen https://t.co/Uf2sz1v8XV— Alan White (@Alan White) 1550050590
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