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Brexit Blues: Wodehouse meets Monty Python going ‘eww’

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By Vikram Grewal Brexit Blues: Wodehouse meets Monty Python going ‘eww’ Post-Referendum developments highlight what Britain has always been known for- a classy sense of humour. Britain has had its share of quirks that went down in history. Among other things it’s been known as the land of Cricket (the not-so-gentlemen’s game) and the Earl Grey Tea (which was a subject of frivolity in the nineteenth century regarding its name among the masses- “it was never grey, it was black and now is green as well, but never grey!”). In the latter half of the Twentieth Century, Britain’s claim to fame in the post-colonial world, after losing its mojo of imperialism, was its humour. After almost 52 per cent of the British population voted to ‘leave’ the European Union, talks and discussions began regarding Article 50 of the EU constitution that quite ‘vaguely’ expedites the termination of the membership of a nation. David Cameron, another white chubby PM in GB’s long list of chub...