Tag: Brexit

The 48 per cent

 

I’m sick of hearing

it’s the will of the people.

It is not my will.

 

by Scooj

  • Every time I hear the Government trot out the words that the Brexit is the will of the British people, they are excluding the 48% who voted to remain. Are we not British people? This lot will never carry me with them as long as they use this bullying kind of coercive language.

Chocks away

 

The journey begins,

braced for a white-knuckle ride

we’re all wing-walkers

 

by Scooj

 

Alea iacta est

 

Now the die is cast

there is no going back, no

second chance. It’s done.

 

by Scooj

 

494. Stokes Croft, the Carriageworks (19)

This is a small piece by the wonderful Bristol street artist Face F1st whose works are always centered on a styalised face each one with a different decorative feature. In this one he has placed a small octopus on the face’s head. This is a political anti-Brexit piece which is articulated clearly, and the octopus represents the Brexit narrative ‘brainwashing’, which appears to be stifling any intellectual debate about what kind of Brexit British citizens might want (in particular the 48% who voted against).

Face F1st, Stokes Croft, Bristol, October 201
Face F1st, Stokes Croft, Bristol, October 2016
I like all of Face F1st’s work and enjoy spotting them, they always feel slightly understated and he tends to select untidy walls to spray. Face Fist belongs to the PWA crew, Pirate Wall Art which includes Soap. Looking forward to more from PWA and Face F1st.

EU Autumn 

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Torn from slumber, green

leaves not ready to detach

fight on to remain. 

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by Scooj

376. Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, London (2)

I couldn’t resist sneaking this wonderful stencil by Unify in during this ‘Upfest lull’. One of my earliest posts was a Unify piece in Bristol, that is as fresh today as the day it was sprayed. I have looked for other pieces by him, but found nothing in Bristol. In London however, his hometown, I have found some of his work.

Unify, Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, London, August 2016
Unify, Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, London, August 2016

This amazing piece that I recall seeing on digital media a little while ago, is obviously a commentary on immigration and probably the Brexit referendum. It is a powerful bit of street art.

Unify, Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, London, August 2016
Unify, Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, London, August 2016

This piece sits quietly next to the wonderful Mr Cenz and Fanakapan pieces that I recently posted here. More to come from Unify soon.

 

 

Cabinet clown

 

Humiliation

complete now Boris is the

Foreign Office clown

 

by Scooj

 

* I really hope this is the last ‘political’ haiku for a while. It has been a mad 3 weeks.

 

Hope fading

 

The elves are leaving

Middle Earth never to come

back; my sad heart weeps.

 

by Scooj

Gove

 

Dishonourable

backstabbing narcissism;

an embarrassment.

 

by Scooj

 

Still angry and ashamed at the way British politics is playing out. See this haiku I wrote on the subject almost a year ago.

Phoenix

 

Fire within me burns;

a rage fuelled by passion and

love; a phoenix forged.

 

by Scooj