Cartoon by CHRIS CAIRNS: "KNOW YOUR PLACE!"
(Image shows the EU 'Top Table', the British 'John Bull' on his knees, and chained to him is the Scottish 'Feartie' Lion with 'Withdrawal Bill' shackle on its ankle. Cartoon is courtesy of Wings Over Scotland.)
(Image shows the EU 'Top Table', the British 'John Bull' on his knees, and chained to him is the Scottish 'Feartie' Lion with 'Withdrawal Bill' shackle on its ankle. Cartoon is courtesy of Wings Over Scotland.)
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CONTEXT of cartoon is the following reported by Nicholas Watt of BBC Newsnight:A Tory grandee recently sidled up to me to express grave reservations about the Brexit process.
"We simply cannot allow the Irish to treat us like this," the former minister said about the negotiating tactics of the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar.
The Conservative MP was exasperated that the Republic of Ireland (population: 4.8m) has been able to shape the EU negotiating stance that has put such pressure on the UK (population: 66m).
"This simply cannot stand," the one-time moderniser told me. "The Irish really should know their place."
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