Gollum@feddit.orgM to YUROP@feddit.org · 2 months agoAre you sure?feddit.orgimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down19
arrow-up1440arrow-down1imageAre you sure?feddit.orgGollum@feddit.orgM to YUROP@feddit.org · 2 months agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoThe permission was already granted, I interpreted it as the EU making sure if this totally insane arrangement was what the braindead UK wanted.
minus-squareArcanepotato@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhat permission was granted?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoThe metaphor is that the UK willingly leaving the EU is akin to a man telling his wife to see other men. He gets nothing, she gets new “trade partners.”
minus-squareArcanepotato@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThank you for explaining, I understand what you mean now. ( Irl the PM also paid a visit to the UK and met with their PM but I get that has no bearing on the joke)
The permission was already granted, I interpreted it as the EU making sure if this totally insane arrangement was what the braindead UK wanted.
What permission was granted?
The metaphor is that the UK willingly leaving the EU is akin to a man telling his wife to see other men. He gets nothing, she gets new “trade partners.”
Thank you for explaining, I understand what you mean now.
( Irl the PM also paid a visit to the UK and met with their PM but I get that has no bearing on the joke)