Brexit vote: Brexiteer confident the UK will survive in no-deal thanks to rabbits and potatoes | indy100 | indy100

At this point in Brexit, with just 16 days until the deadline, we'll honestly take any sort of positive.

Maybe it'll be the fact that we can travel around Europe with a Visa or border checks in Northern Ireland? However, one thing we potentially overlooked was the abundance of rabbits that we have.

That's what a man named Bevan believes, anyway. Speaking to BBC 5 Live on Tuesday night, from a pub in Dover before travelling off to Austria on holiday, he said:

I think we should stick up two fingers to the EU. We're Great Britain. We've got plenty of rabbits in the field.
We can plant potatoes in the back garden. We've managed before.

Yes, that was something that was broadcast on national radio. We're not sure people are really cut out to start scavenging and hunting for our food again but Bevan seems pretty confident about obtaining food in a natural way.

This rather staggering reason to go through with a no-deal Brexit has started to do the rounds on social media and people are lost for words.

One 5 Live listener has the solution to #Brexit... "We should stick two fingers up to the EU. We’re Great Britain… https://t.co/PkbMEatmky
— BBC Radio 5 Live (@BBC Radio 5 Live) 1552461075

An interview with a Brexit voter on BBC 5Live this morning: “I want a no-deal. We’ll be fine. We have rabbits in o… https://t.co/alnq8OodiN
— James Melville (@James Melville) 1552469895

Welcome to the latest brexit Hot Take: "We'll survive no deal. We have plenty of rabbits." https://t.co/W5UcMMIHuC
— James Felton (@James Felton) 1552471514

Will be interesting for historians to pinpoint the exact moment “lets become hunter fucking gatherers instead of ad… https://t.co/yPDIzlMX8Z
— James Felton (@James Felton) 1552476614

I love how some people are excited by a no deal Brexit because they nostalgically think we’ll get to dig for victor… https://t.co/od7k3XxMTJ
— Kiri Pr'chard-McLean (@Kiri Pr'chard-McLean) 1552473563

I don't have a rabbit in my garden. Should I be worried? https://t.co/0IlADeMimV
— Louise Rowntree (@Louise Rowntree) 1552471131

Heard a talking head on BBC radio today say "let's stick 2 fingers up to the EU and leave with no deal,we've got pl… https://t.co/kVcvo3rTN4
— schwitzy (@schwitzy) 1552478456

Rabbits and potatoes and a stiff upper lip. Just a sample of what you find dipping into the Twitter-sphere this mo… https://t.co/wG87EagYmn
— Margaret Evans (@Margaret Evans) 1552478395

@bbc5live Brexit supporters, 2016: "we will be wealthier and better off than ever!" Brexit supporters, 2019: "we w… https://t.co/J34ECK39Uc
— Margaret P Houston (@Margaret P Houston) 1552461610

Predictably, there were a few Elmer 'I'm hunting rabbits' Fudd jokes.

'We're Great Britain - we've got plenty of rabbits in the field'. I always knew brexit was Looney Tunes... https://t.co/kXaSBtTwTu
— Baron von Outspan (@Baron von Outspan) 1552471410

#Brexit Maybot to introduce new rabbit tzar for rabbit hunting in case of no deal Brexit 😇😜 https://t.co/YCfmDjyAFo
— Chris Morrison (@Chris Morrison) 1552479016

I think we can all agree that things will be fine, even after we've killed all the rabbits after eating way too much rabbit and potato stew.

HT BBC

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