the eyes and noses in Parliament

We had overcome our initial Brexit worries about having to move up North.

We have been following the Brexit goings on in Parliament, number 2 is quite keen on following the events and last night even watched the live vote in Parliament for Theresa May’s Deal with Europe. Unfortunately for Theresa it didn’t go that well, but the final announcement was pure Parliamentary theatre.

www.bbc.co.uk/brexit-vote

number 2 was a little confused at the announcement.

“why are the faces involved?” she asked curiously

“what do you mean by the faces?” I was confused.

 

“why are there noses, and why are they only counting the noses on the left?”

 

 

I was even more confused now.

 

“and why are there eyes?

Are they counting each one or pairs?

And why only on the right?”

 

she was looking more confused than me.

She showed me the video clip again.

“ahhh” I exclaimed.

 

An obvious point of confusion, Mr Speaker.

Brexit – migration

There has been a fair bit of talk in the house about the implications of Brexit. The kids have also been discussing it at school and are probably better informed than most adults.

No 1 is very worried that we will have to move.

“I dont want to go to another country to study”

“It will be so hard, I’ll be bottom of the class”

I was trying to give reassurance.

“i dont think we’ll have to move, and you can stay in your school”

No 1 is not that convinced.

“I’ll struggle at school. it will be so hard”

“I don’t mind going on holiday, but it would be a nightmare to live there”

“It’s just that I can’t understand anything they say”

“I don’t want to go up North”

 

 

 

continental breakfast – the morning after the night before Brexit

We woke up on the morning after the big Brexit vote to the news that the nation had decided we should be out. A fair degree of shock and nervousness as to what would happen next.

No 2 was extremely worried about the implications for trade with the rest of Europe.

“Will we still be able to get Nutella?”

No. 2 is quite a fan and gets through industrial amounts of the stuff.

Any way, in fear of not being able to have continental food in the future we decided to have crêpes for breakfast, with Nutella, just in case.

crepes