Brexit EU referendum polling stations.

[Stormlight]

Sir Humphrey: Minister, Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last five hundred years: to create a disunited Europe. In that cause we have fought with the Dutch against the Spanish, with the Germans against the French, with the French and Italians against the Germans, and with the French against the Germans and Italians. Divide and rule, you see. Why should we change now, when it's worked so well?
Hacker: That's all ancient history, surely?
Sir Humphrey: Yes, and current policy. We had to break the whole thing up, so we had to get inside. We tried to break it up from the outside, but that wouldn't work. Now that we're inside we can make a complete pig's breakfast of the whole thing — set the Germans against the French, the French against the Italians, the Italians against the Dutch... The Foreign Office is terribly pleased; it's just like old times.
Hacker: But surely we're all committed to the European ideal?
Sir Humphrey: [chuckles] Really, Minister.
Hacker: If not, why are we pushing for an increase in the membership?
Sir Humphrey: Well, for the same reason. It's just like the United Nations, in fact; the more members it has, the more arguments it can stir up, the more futile and impotent it becomes.
Hacker: What appalling cynicism.
Sir Humphrey: Yes... We call it diplomacy, Minister.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Brexit is so messed up you now have fascists who don’t want trains to run on time https://t.co/TJhQEoEMTF

— Toby Earle (@TobyonTV) April 2, 2019

Oh I say! Jolly spiffing idea, what what? �������� pic.twitter.com/F8h8XAC6Tu

— EU Auntie McFerryFace #FBPE (@missie17) April 5, 2019

[mickthinks]

Originally Posted by Stormlight

Sir Humphrey: Minister, Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last five hundred years ...

Excellent! ...

Why the UK is in the EU - YouTube

[slimshady2357]

Theresa May extending Article 50. pic.twitter.com/wI5Te6i7d6

— Tom Neenan (@TNeenan) 5 April 2019

[SR71]

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

David seems to be having some worries about finding cheap labour.

This British fruit farmer is almost entirely dependent on EU migrants to work on his farm - he also voted for Brexit.

Leaving the European Union means the UK will control its immigration policy - Dispatches investigates how a lack of EU migrants could affect Britain's workforce. pic.twitter.com/XJDxpG0G4Z

— Channel 4 Dispatches (@C4Dispatches) April 7, 2019

David is tired of being pushed around by Luxembourg. (lol)

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Well this is one way to be tired of experts.

Ofsted chief not accepted for 'settled status' - BBC News

[JoeP]

mutter mutter hostile environment mutter

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by JoeP

mutter mutter hostile environment mutter

Are you tired of being tired of experts?

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Are you tired of being tired of experts?

I know you're entirely familiar with the background, but in case anyone else isn't, "create a hostile environment for immigrants" was Theresa May's trademark policy when Home Secretary.

What do you know ... it has a Wikipedia page: Home Office hostile environment policy - Wikipedia

And look ... so does this: Strong and stable - Wikipedia

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by JoeP

I know you're entirely familiar with the background

I had forgotten that! +1

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

My German might be very basic but this headline is hard to disagree with pic.twitter.com/tHwq5xAa3s

— Ana Oppenheim �� (@AnaOpp) April 11, 2019

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

A little thrad to read.

My granddad was an avid nazi until his death in the early 90s. He was a small town banker, volunteered in 40 and became a staff sergeant in the Wehrmacht. He was leading a so called "anti partisan" unit at the Eastern Front, participated in the capture of Kiew.

— RA Matthias Bergmann (@Bergmann_Mat) January 25, 2019

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I’m not sure you’ve quite grasped the principle of incentivisation, @spectator https://t.co/qbHlf1zA3d

— Dr Louise Raw (@LouiseRawAuthor) April 25, 2019

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

[JoeP]

I understood that reference meme.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Why there is no Brexit that will work:

This video is incredible ��

Brexit supporting MP David Davies has a full on row with a Brexit supporting passerby about who is the most Brexity

Which kind of sums the whole sorry mess up...

pic.twitter.com/6Hi4SqSBsg

— dave M ❄️ �� (@davemacladd) May 21, 2019

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Why there is no Brexit that will work:

This video is incredible ��

Brexit supporting MP David Davies has a full on row with a Brexit supporting passerby about who is the most Brexity

Which kind of sums the whole sorry mess up...

pic.twitter.com/6Hi4SqSBsg

— dave M ❄️ �� (@davemacladd) May 21, 2019

I suspect, along with some of the commenters, that this person was not a "passerby" but specifically hangs around places like the Houses of Parliament where TV interviews are being held, and deliberately tries to create arguments which she films ("vertically!" - outraged commenter) and then shares for followers and probably money.

I also agree with the commenter(s) who said that the "if you're not with us, with this very specific interpretation of us, then you're the enemy" is a classic fascist tactic.

How should this MP have dealt with this agent provocateur? While she clearly doesn't have any intent to participate in democracy, just saying "I have no wish to talk to you" only feeds her fake-anger.

I suppose a punch would be a bad idea. Throwing milkshakes is the new thing ([28], [29], [30], [31], Lactose Against Intolerance, The Revolution Will Be Pasteurised) but might not be the best tactic for an MP.

What should a public figure do against social media fascists? What could a mild-mannered private citizen (such as, I don't know, me) do?

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by JoeP

What could a mild-mannered private citizen (such as, I don't know, me) do?

Nigel Farage ‘becomes trapped on Brexit Party bus as he is targeted by people holding milkshakes’ | London Evening Standard Trap them on their bus?

But seriously, I've had a weirdo follow me with a camera before. Unsettling. I just kept my own recording of the incident.

[slimshady2357]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Nigel Farage ‘becomes trapped on Brexit Party bus as he is targeted by people holding milkshakes’ | London Evening Standard

My milkshake keeps all the fascists on the bus
and they’re like
I can't get off
Damn right
you can't get off

(stolen from a facebook comment)

[JoeP]

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Originally Posted by JoeP

I'm not sure what's more wrong. That, or that I laughed.

[JoeP]

It's you. You're the wrong.

[JoeP]

This joke (if it is one) works (if it does) by contrasting multiple levels of question: Is using eggs and milk a form of violence upon chickens and cows? (the vegan perspective) Is using Molotov cocktails on humans a form of violence? (umm ... yes) Is using eggs and milkshakes on fascists a form of violence? (it kind of is) And do they deserve it? Is there a better way of expressing protest? If protest doesn't help and the fascists win would that result in violence upon everyone else?

There, now I have violently dissected the joke and killed it.