{"id":36123,"date":"2019-04-05T02:41:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T09:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36123"},"modified":"2019-04-05T04:28:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T11:28:34","slug":"as-seen-from-afar-04-05-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/05\/as-seen-from-afar-04-05-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"As Seen from Afar 04\/05\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21661 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/hedgehog-looks-binoculars.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/hedgehog-looks-binoculars.png 160w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/hedgehog-looks-binoculars-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/hedgehog-looks-binoculars-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/hedgehog-looks-binoculars-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/hedgehog-looks-binoculars-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/hedgehog-looks-binoculars-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/hedgehog-looks-binoculars-64x64.png 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>BREXIT IS GETTING HILARIOUS<\/p>\n<p>No matter what British Prime Minister Theresa May has tried in the past two years, she wasn\u2019t able to unify the MP\u2019s in the Lower House behind any of the versions of her Brexit Plan. And no matter how much pressure her political opponents put on her, she wouldn\u2019t quit either. If May doesn\u2019t come up with some miracle solution, Britain is going to crash out of the European Union on April 12, crash meaning no deal whatsoever. The British public can do nothing but wait and, in the meantime, does what it usually does: bear it all with a stiff upper lip, protest, or make fun of it.<\/p>\n<p>As usual British born John Oliver puts his finger on the sore spot in a humorous way two weeks ago (for Brexit watch up to 2:10):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F4uproqrBaA\" width=\"763\" height=\"429\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, some protesters have had it with their government thrown in absolute disarray and spending all of its time debating Brexit, and Brexit only. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/02\/world\/europe\/uk-house-of-commons-protest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times<\/a>) Of course, they did it with some humor too: they stripped nearly naked in the public gallery, proclaiming that climate change, not the stalemate over Britain\u2019s withdrawal from the European Union, was the real emergency facing the country.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"nyt_video_player\" title=\"New York Times Video - Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/players\/offsite\/index.html?videoId=100000006441094\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When PM May\u2019s Brexit Plan was voted down for the <strong>third<\/strong> time (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-03-30\/brexit-may-plan-fails-again-as-protests-gather\/10955250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC news<\/a>), opposition politicians declared the deal as good as dead. Labour Party legislator Ian Murray likened it to the dead parrot in a Monty Python comedy sketch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her deal is no more,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It has ceased to exist. It is bereft of life. It rests in peace. It&#8217;s a deal that has been nailed to its perch. It&#8217;s an ex-parrot, it is an ex-deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vZw35VUBdzo\" width=\"763\" height=\"429\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Even the iconic parliament buildings are straining under all this pressure. British Parliament is falling apart. No, literally (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-04-05\/british-parliament-suspended-leaking-roof-politicians-evacuated\/10973712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a>). For months, political pundits have questioned whether British Parliament is falling apart in the wake of months of Brexit chaos \u2014 and a leaky roof, it would seem, is doing little to quell those concerns.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Justin-Madders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Justin-Madders.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Justin-Madders-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Justin-Madders-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/British-House-of-Commons-sitting-suspended.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/British-House-of-Commons-sitting-suspended.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/British-House-of-Commons-sitting-suspended-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/British-House-of-Commons-sitting-suspended-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sheer lunacy of the Brexit process doesn\u2019t escape the <a href=\"https:\/\/nyti.ms\/2JXVAtB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times<\/a> when it reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Politico reported the other day that the French European affairs minister, Nathalie Loiseau, had named her cat \u201cBrexit.\u201d Loiseau told the Journal du Dimanche that she chose the name because \u201che wakes me up every morning meowing to death because he wants to go out, and then when I open the door he stays in the middle, undecided, and then gives me evil looks when I put him out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you can\u2019t take a joke you shouldn\u2019t have come to London right now, because there is political farce everywhere. In truth, though, it\u2019s not very funny. It\u2019s actually tragic. What we\u2019re seeing is a country that\u2019s determined to commit economic suicide but can\u2019t even agree on how to kill itself. It is an epic failure of political leadership.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well said, I&#8217;d say.<\/p>\n<p>Cross-posted on Care2 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/news\/member\/211280220\/4143286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREXIT IS GETTING HILARIOUS No matter what British Prime Minister Theresa May has tried in the past two years, she wasn\u2019t able to unify the MP\u2019s in the Lower House behind any of the versions of her Brexit Plan. And no matter how much pressure her political opponents put on her, she wouldn\u2019t quit either. <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/05\/as-seen-from-afar-04-05-2019\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}