Quote of the day | 0615

Have no doubt, this is a divorce. It’s not just business, it’s not going to be all reason and goodwill. Like all divorces, leaving Europe would be ugly and mean and hurtful, and it would lead to a great deal of poisonous xenophobia and racism, all the niggling personal prejudice that dumped, betrayed and thwarted people are prey to. And the racism and prejudice are, of course, weak points for us. The tortuous renegotiation with lawyers and courts will be bitter and vengeful, because divorces always are and, just in passing, this sovereignty thing we’re supposed to want back so badly, like Frodo’s ring, has nothing to do with you or me. We won’t notice it coming back, because we didn’t notice not having it in the first place.

AA Gill on Brexit, in his Sunday Times column


[x]#12492 fan woensdag 15 juni 2016 @ 09:00:03


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2 kommentaren

Harry Perton  op 17 juni 2016 @ 10:00:09

Geen link? Of komt het uit de papieren versie misschien?

eamelje.net  op 17 juni 2016 @ 10:10:06

Er was inmiddels een paywall opgericht, die een link dus onbruikbaar maakte.

Maar het hele stuk is wel te vinden via Google, door de hele quote als zoekopdracht te gebruiken.