Brexit. Why do Brits want Out of the EU?

Today, only today on April 1, the Australian airline Webjet claimed it had launched a $1 Brexit Flash Sale on flights from the UK to the Australia.

(I have little patience for French colonials).

My impression is they're a rugged, enduring lot.

April Fool's jokes banned amid fear of panic buying over Brexit
1 APRIL 2019

British April Fool's jokes have been banned this year under an archaic parliamentary order, amid warnings the public can no longer tell the difference between reality and farce. 

The statute from 1653 states that the issuing of false reports is strictly prohibited and punishable by the splitting of an offender’s ribs.

Officials in the Cabinet Office have taken the unusual step of asking media outlets to refrain from publishing the traditional stories on April 1 in case they trigger panic buying or spark riots.

The original statute was imposed by Oliver Cromwell when he became convinced that the public's mocking of his warts was undermining attempts to crush royalists after the civil war.

The measure was technically never revoked or overtaken in the statute books, and has now been revived by Cabinet Office Minister Lord Japes under a statutory instrument of the EU Withdrawal Act, the emergency legislation that underpins EU exit.

It comes after reports that in a no-deal scenario Britons could run short of toilet paper, will be stopped from taking their pets on holiday, or buy bottled drinking water in shops.

In a statement last night, the Cabinet Office warned that April Fool's pranks were now seen as a serious threat to the Government's attempts to maintain calm amid the Brexit crisis.

April 1 was due to be the first full business day in Britain following a scheduled Brexit on March 29.

Ali Ploorf, a spokesman for the Cabinet Office, said: “The whole country is on a Code Red for April 1. No one knows what’s real and what’s a joke any more.

“Imagine if some joker goes around a Waitrose in Dover shouting ‘There’s no milk! There’s no avocado!’ It will be pandemonium. So from now on any tomfoolery like this is banned.

“Our message to the public is this: if you hear a spine-tingling warning on the radio about Brexit and leaving without a deal, it’s not a joke - it’s Government policy.”

When you put your deal through three times and colleagues and others have not supported it, but you still want to honour the referendum result itself, you still want to get out of Europe, then something small has to give.

In this case it probably is going to end up being the customs union.