I’m running out of post titles for all this. I can’t just keep writing “you couldn’t make it up”, but… no, you really couldn’t. According to this BBC article, farmers are facing “anxiety” over Brexit and the distinct possibility of their EU subsidies being axed.
Well, excuse me, but farmers – certainly those that I have observed, and I have observed many – were approximately 100% in favour of Brexit (and that estimate might be a little on the low side). Those huge “LEAVE” hoardings in their fields was a tiny bit of a giveaway.
So, I can’t help thinking of a line from Lou Reed’s song, Perfect Day:
You’re going to reap just what you sow
And now, it’s harvest time!
Another thing I notice a lot when I’m driving around is the number of vans or construction sites with labels or signs declaring that EU funding paid for it.
In the case of the vans – white, of course – I wonder how the owners think they’ll manage without continued EU funding? Better still, how they’ll survive if they have to give it back? I mean, I’m sure that funding is paid out prospectively rather than retrospectively, so it wouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to discover that some companies might have to refund all or part of it. Likewise, some start ups who were expecting funding might not now get it.
But, hey! Just throw another immigrant on the barbie and wheel the Union Jack up the garden flagpole, eh? After all, everything’s going to be “all right”, isn’t it? The Sun and Daily Mail say so.