By no means an orchid fanatic, it does please me when they rebloom, and only then will I show them here
By no means an orchid fanatic, it does please me when they rebloom, and only then will I show them here
These two posts by John Naughton really need to be taken together.
First, Sovereignty β Brexit style:
Sovereignty, n. The untrammelled right to do self-harm.
And then, six days later, Self-harm in a chart:

But John doesn't seem to draw the conclusion I do, which is that if the prediction of job losses comes about, a lot of people in the least affected areas might actually think justice had been done to the elitist wankers.
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