Remainers: When are you taking to the streets?

[SpookyFrank]

Say what you like about Blair. Nobody in politics today can come close to delivering a speech like he can. Whether you agree or not with the case he is presenting there is no arguing with his ability to present it.

His whole voice and style sounds like it was invented by a focus group, like he's trying to remember which syllables to stress and where to place emphasis and how to structure every single line. Consequently he sounds nothing like a natural orator, quite aside from the content of what he says being utter bullshit.

Corbyn is more of a natural speaker, and he's still not very good.

 

[SpookyFrank]

And thinking about it, the last time a country had a large and visible popular movement in support of the EU the Russians invaded and then fascists took over the government.

 

[DotCommunist]

McEwan in with the godwins

Ian McEwan: referendums such as Brexit vote remind me of Third Reich

 

[Pickman's model]

McEwan in with the godwins

Ian McEwan: referendums such as Brexit vote remind me of Third Reich

I like the last line, that after an article full of his comments i.m. has been asked to comment.

 

[SpookyFrank]

McEwan in with the godwins

Ian McEwan: referendums such as Brexit vote remind me of Third Reich

All the self-important intellectuals are coming out of the woodwork this week. I guess McEwan had a day off from writing his endless canon of overwrought tosh.

And when he says 'remind me,' does that mean he was present during holocaust? Given that he was born in 1948, I'd be fascinated to know how he managed that.