Someone said that Brexit is “ultimate punk” – 17 vicious reactions
Lad magazine, ‘Loaded’, editor and forthright(-wing) commentator, Martin Daubney, has a lot to say about a lot of stuff, much of it contradicting the data, but that’s not rare these days. His latest contentious comment happened via a couple of posts on Twitter, in which he claimed that Brexit is a punk position. Read it in his own words.
My house is pretty stuffed with Jamie Reid art. The Sex Pistols fella. Now he bleats “what happened to the spirit of rebellion?” Answer: Brexit. Brexit is punk rock & Remain is Pink Floyd #NeverMindTheBollocks 🤷🏼♂️🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/0aBNLK3PFY
— Martin Daubney 🇬🇧 (@MartinDaubney) October 24, 2018
Brexit is anti establishment, working class revolt. It’s ultimate punk. Total rage. The rest is art school bollox. It’s perfect ♂️
— Martin Daubney (@MartinDaubney) October 24, 2018
Oh, yes – you read that right. Brexit is …ultimate punk.
Of course, Twitter wasn’t going to let that lie, and these 17 reactions show just what people thought of that.
1.
Brexit isn't punk. If we have to pick music it's the sound of a man pissed on real ale attempting to fart God Save the Queen. https://t.co/J2teE0BCQt
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) October 24, 2018
2.
brexit is work of the privileged conservative establishment, you wouldn't know punk if it punched you in the face.
I don't think I've ever cringed so hard in my life https://t.co/8bevKmC9Rw
— Dan Hett (@danhett) October 24, 2018
3.
The only thing connecting punk and Brexit is the fact that both of them are preferred by white guys who were young in the seventies. https://t.co/nctDldR8NF
— spooky maths kid (@supermathskid) October 24, 2018
4.
This is the stupidest take I have ever seen https://t.co/nctDldR8NF
— spooky maths kid (@supermathskid) October 24, 2018
5.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucking hell… https://t.co/WmtXnEeNyw
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) October 24, 2018
6.
It's quite the opposite. Punk establishes the power of the people against the monopoly of aristocracy, and yet brexit will only benefit the lofty halls of Westminster. https://t.co/kJFcUYFtBh
— Dr Benjamin Janaway (@drjanaway) October 24, 2018
7.
Punk is dead, part XCIV pt 94. Quite why idiots want to compare their own political movements to bands that haven't been relevant since 1977 (41 years ago to save you the maths) and their opponents to bands that can still fill stadiums I don't know; it was Gove that first did it. https://t.co/69Lev3f34X
— Dan Davies (@dsquareddigest) October 24, 2018
8.
Career politicians Nigel Farage, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Boris Johnson and Michael fucking Gove are the anti-establishment, working class revolt. They're ultimate punk. The rest (just about every economist and business) is art school bollox. https://t.co/J2teE0BCQt
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) October 24, 2018
