I was right about the factmongering: the local DIY store (Brico) has been panicked by Brexit into slashing the price of a three-pack of plastic wall-mounted pictures depicting glorious Blighty in all its Union-Jacked pomp.
There are pix of a red Mini (the proper, original, pre-German bloated model; a London underground train station logo adorned with a royal crown, and a Union-jacked Brit-pop guitar alongside the words “London Calling”.
There are pix of a red Mini (the proper, original, pre-German bloated model; a London underground train station logo adorned with a royal crown, and a Union-jacked Brit-pop guitar alongside the words “London Calling”.
Brexit economic slump hits Belgian retail DIY giant
Obviously anxious to offload this toxic stock before it becomes illegal to buy any UK tourist tat on the continent, the price has plummeted from 15 euros 99 cents to just five euros! All we need now is for the credit ratings agencies to downgrade this tat to “junk” status and Brico won’t be able to give it away.
This is exactly the kind of thing that Chancellor George Osborne warned would happen and the eurosceptics chose to ignore him.
This is exactly the kind of thing that Chancellor George Osborne warned would happen and the eurosceptics chose to ignore him.
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