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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Sat Aug 10, 2019, 08:00 AM Aug 2019

LBC caller claims Brexit will be fine because of 'bulldog spirit' [View all]

Are you saying you voted Leave. Now you know you were lied to, but hey, politicians always lie, so I'm not going to get too upset over this one?

But the moment that really riles the presenter is the one in which Chris offers the kind of meaningless soundbite that has become all too common in the discourse around Brexit.

I think the British bulldog spirit will show through. We'll rise above it all.

When quizzed by O'Brien as to what 'British bulldog spirit' actually means, Chris couldn't quite convey what it stands for (presumably it's nothing to do with Davey Boy Smith).

The conversation goes around in Pythonesque circles before the host eventually concludes he's had enough

https://www.indy100.com/article/lbc-james-obrien-brexit-no-deal-bulldog-spirit-caller-9051081

Audio at the link.

This is what we are dealing with folks - this level of delusion is literally nuts. Where the hell do we go with this?


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