Florence in Firenze

Florence, the character in the Magic Roundabout, plays happily with the other children and is often seen as conciliatory in smoothing ruffled feathers.  In Firenze, Mrs May tried to be conciliatory to the other children in the garden.

Mr McHenry, who is normally quite precise, pointed out that in a first past the post referendum, one side will win and one side will lose. The winning side gets to implement it’s manifesto. There is no obligation on the winning side to compromise their commitment in favour of those who voted for the other side. Yet that is exactly what is happening in the garden. Instead of the winners getting on with leaving, Florence seems set on appeasing the losers. The result, neither one thing nor the other, will be a complete Dougal's breakfast and ensure that neither the benefits of staying in are maintained nor the potential of leaving are realised. "Relax man," drawled Dylan, "its no big deal." But Zebedee popped to conclude that the political class had just stuck up two fingers to the 17,000,000 who voted leave. "Is it time for bed yet," asked Brian?