I wrote, "Voting to leave Europeas a protest vote "is a bit like shitting your hotelbed as...
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I wrote, "Voting to leave Europe
as a protest vote "is a bit like shitting your hotel
bed as a protest against bad service "and then realising you now have to
sleep in a shitted bed." And my friend Ian, my best friend,
Leave voter, he said to me, "Your metaphor doesn't make sense,
Stew." He said, "By your own admission, "the EU is institutionally flawed
and freedom of movement "can lead to exploitation of the
labour market, so in a way," he said, "There was already some
shit in the bed." And I said, "Yes, Ian,
but if there's already some shit "in the bed, you don't fix that "by doing even more shit
as a protest vote "is a bit like shitting your hotel
bed as a protest against bad service "and then realising you now have to
sleep in a shitted bed." And my friend Ian, my best friend,
Leave voter, he said to me, "Your metaphor doesn't make sense,
Stew." He said, "By your own admission, "the EU is institutionally flawed
and freedom of movement "can lead to exploitation of the
labour market, so in a way," he said, "There was already some
shit in the bed." And I said, "Yes, Ian,
but if there's already some shit "in the bed, you don't fix that "by doing even more shit
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I wrote, "Voting to leave Europe
as a protest vote
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"is a bit like shitting your hotel
bed as a protest against bad service
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"and then realising you now have to
sleep in a shitted bed."
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And my friend Ian, my best friend,
Leave voter, he said to me,
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"Your metaphor doesn't make sense,
Stew."
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He said, "By your own admission,
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"the EU is institutionally flawed
and freedom of movement
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"can lead to exploitation of the
labour market, so in a way,"
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he said, "There was already some
shit in the bed."
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And I said, "Yes, Ian,
but if there's already some shit
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"in the bed, you don't fix that
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"by doing even more shit...
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Movie Summary
Stewart Lee's 2017/18 touring stand-up show, recorded live at the Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea, in April 2018.
