The Charge of the Light Brexit Brigade | 41 comments (41 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Fail Fast and Break Things (4.00 / 8)

Now in article form: "politics is not a fairy tale, and history does not owe us a happy ending".

Clap Your Hands If You Believe in Brexit - Foreign Policy

_{Schengen is toast!}

by epochepoque on Thu Dec 20th, 2018 at 11:42:40 PM EST
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Re: Fail Fast and Break Things (4.00 / 3)

This is an excellent piece, this passage in particular:

Even at the pinnacle of the British Empire, when Britain ruled a quarter of the world's landmass and commanded the seas, it was the heroic defeats that were honored in popular memory. The stories live on even today: Gen. Charles Gordon, making his heroic last stand at Khartoum; the slaughter at Isandlwana; the brave redcoats of innumerable Victorian paintings, fighting to the last man against hopeless and desperate odds. The result is a curious act of historical alchemy, transmuting one of the most formidable empires of global history into the myth of Little Britain.

Thanks for sharing.

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by Luis de Sousa (luis[dot]a[dot]de[dot]sousa[at]gmail[dot]com) on Sat Dec 22nd, 2018 at 05:38:30 PM EST
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Re: Fail Fast and Break Things (none / 0)

"Clap your hand..." seems more appropriate.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Wed Dec 26th, 2018 at 08:43:26 PM EST
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The Charge of the Light Brexit Brigade | 41 comments (41 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)