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I said from the start
I don’t think we’ll leave Europe
a view I still hold
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by Scooj
Tag: Europe
Maritime influence
Mainland Europe burns
as strong winds quash such intent
on the British Isles.
by Scooj
Prediction
May loses her job
UK remains in Europe
I can dream can’t I?
by Scooj
So what happens now?
Another defeat
for Theresa May. Surely
now she has to go?
by Scooj
Folly
Brexit marches on
dressed-up as patriotism
self-destructive act.
by Scooj
Neither one thing…
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Cold but not so cold
Europe but not so Europe
this is the UK.
by Scooj
1763. Upfest 2018 (57)
The candle has blown out on the European project for the UK and this wonderful piece by Christian Boehmer (Böhmer) a German artist whose work I first saw at Upfest last year and have tracked on Instagram ever since. His trademark is that all the people in his works have paper bags over their heads to play with the idea of anonymity.
I still find our national vote to leave Europe deeply embarrassing and depressing and can’t believe what a pig’s ear we are making of it. The ‘Britain first’ narrative does not chime for me. It stinks of arrogance and intolerance – behaviours I and many others dislike. This piece I find quite a poignant reminder of our collective folly.
I do like Christian Boehmer’s work and was pleased to have seen his return to Upfest. I rather hope he comes again next year and that I get a chance to meet him.
