Swissify the UK

Il Guardian è molto severo con i risultati portati da Cameron a casa dopo il vertice europeo: la Gran Bretagna isolata e sempre più vicina al ruolo di una seconda Svizzera all’esterno dell’Unione.

“That’s the way some Conservative MPs see Britain as they envisage life outside the European Union. This makes sense, since there are obvious cultural affinities. The Swiss have William Tell; we have Robin Hood. Both countries have such thriving communities of hedge fund dealers that there are said to be plans to twin Mayfair and Zug.

Neither of us is ever going to win the World Cup, although judging by Man Utd’s performance in Basel this week, Switzerland have the better chance.

There will need to be a few changes before we can completely Swissify ourselves. We’ll need to retrieve the fondue set that’s been lying under the stairs since the late 70s, find a way of making the trains run on time when there’s snow on the ground (and when there isn’t), develop a love for cuckoo clocks, build a nuclear shelter in every home and get used to not mowing the lawn at the weekend. And of course no wars, no puking in the streets on a Friday night and no poor people. Piece of torte.”

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