Daily Mirror

Oven ready? We are all turkeys to rest of the world

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IT was the breathtaki­ng Brexit lie that sounded the death knell for the Remain vote – that Turkey was about to enter the EU and Britain would be flooded by millions of Muslims.

More immigrants coming into the country? Not on my watch.

Britain would be great again and reign supreme in charge of its own borders.

Not everyone voted Out for that reason but the racists and Islamophob­es gobbled up that lie that has left us in a state – certainly not of sovereignt­y.

We have to pretend that we are all much better off than before, despite having to pay extra to go on holiday to the usual European haunts, and face horrendous queues at Dover and massive hikes in food prices because there are no workers willing to do lowpaid but necessary jobs. Of course the pandemic played a part, but anyone who thinks Brexit hasn’t negatively affected the economy is in cloud-cuckoo-land.

Having won a massive majority of 80 seats, Boris Johnson stood on his Brexit “oven-ready deal” which both Tory leader hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak voted for. But they are now reversing the

Northern Ireland Protocol and having to allow European workers to come in to work, therefore undoing the “fantastic” Brexit deal in order to get Brexit redone.

Well done.

Who’s the turkey now?

It is quite farcical. And to think Britain once had the capability of colonising the world.

Meanwhile, Turkey itself, the country that was so despised, is having a recordbrea­king year of tourism with desperate Brits like me unable to book holidays there.

All I’m seeing and hearing on social media is people are going there, have been there or are there. Everyone else is wishing they were there. Oh, the irony.

The country’s moment in the sun continues with Turkish-English actress Ekin-Su Culculoglu winning Love Island and capturing the hearts of the reality TV watching public.

Frankly, I would have much more respect if anyone in power actually admitted that Brexit was a heinously costly mistake that has made us look like turkeys voting for Christmas.

I won’t hold my breath.

The ‘fantastic’ Brexit deal is being undone to get it done

Gary Lineker apparently made a bit of a boob with his tweet about the winning goal in the Euros and ended up deleting it. Always s supportive of the Lionesses, what could he have said that was so controvers­ial? I was indeed shocked. "Kelly is England's heroine, bra none." It's... witty.

 ?? ?? GAFFE Lineker’s tweet was actually quite witty
GAFFE Lineker’s tweet was actually quite witty
 ?? ?? GRIDLOCK Dover
GRIDLOCK Dover

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