Warning: this is what it looks like when irony dies. And it’s not pretty.
Outlining the reasons the SNP are calling for another Scottish independence referendum now that Scotland faces the threat of being dragged out of the European single market as well as out of the EU, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon explained:
“Our precious union of nations is the most successful that the world has ever seen… We’ve worked together, we’ve prospered together, we fought wars together. And we have a bright future…. We should be working together, not pulling apart.”
“Now is not the time. This union we have is very precious,” Sturgeon added, pointing out that last year’s referendum wasn’t entirely “fair” : “being asked to make a crucial decision without all the necessary information – without knowing what the future partnership would be, or what the alternative… would look like.”
… WAIT, WHAT ?
It was actually the PRIME MINISTER that just said all that? While RULING OUT a Scottish independence referendum?
For those EXACT reasons?
Apologies…
Today, Prime Minister Theresa May spoke to ITV News, attacking the Scottish National Party’s calls for another Scottish Independence referendum now that Scotland faces the threat of being dragged out of the European single market as well as out of the EU. UK Prime Minister Theresa May explained:
“Our precious union of nations is the most successful that the world has ever seen… We’ve worked together, we’ve prospered together, we fought wars together. And we have a bright future…. We should be working together, not pulling apart.”
“Now is not the time. This union we have is very precious,” May added, pointing out that a Scottish referendum while the outcome of Brexit negotiations remains to be seen wasn’t entirely “fair” : “being asked to make a crucial decision without all the necessary information – without knowing what the future partnership would be, or what the alternative… would look like.”
I’m sorry. Today is the day IRONY OFFICIALLY BROKE. It snapped. Finally cracked under the weight of intense bulls*ht, – sh*t denser yet more significant than anything irony is designed to work with, bend and bounce back again from.
Irony wasn’t designed to cope with this. It’s truly dead. Theresa May will indeed spend the next two years telling her electorate why the will of the people in a referendum carried out with no understanding what the alternative looks like trumps any genuine concerns, and that leaving their main trading partners is not economic suicide – apart from if they live in Scotland. In which case, the exact opposite of what she just said: people should be genuinely concerned about what will happen in a referendum without knowing what the alternative looks like, and leaving their main trading partners is economic suicide.
Watch – Theresa May actually say this – with no sense of irony whatsoever :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4EZgngIdmA