Boris Johnson, Doctor Coué facing Brexit

The British Prime Minister insists that the future of the country will be glorious thanks to the exit of the European Union. As for oil and food shortages, they would have nothing to do with it. 

 

"The British Renaissance is before us!" Lord Frost said during his speech at the Conservative Party's annual conference Monday in Manchester. Boris Johnson's Brexit Minister saw fit to add: "and the long bad dream of our membership of the European Union is finally behind us." 

He was careful not to mention the shortage of fuel at the pump, empty supermarket shelves and the shocking prospect of running out of bacon and capons for Christmas. So many new nightmares in the daily life of Britons due to Brexit.  

At least that's how Europeans see it. From London, on the other hand, Boris Johnson, members of his government and the Brexiters camp ensure that these problems are linked to the resumption of post-pandemic economic activity, and common to all of Europe.  

Marks & Spencers weakened in Europe by Brexit

To say otherwise would not only be unpatriotic but bad for morale. So on radio and television, conservative politicians and columnists repeat the same language. The Minister of the Economy Rishi Sunak mentions the "supply disruptions everywhere in Europe" and Sebastian Payne of the Financial Times the "empty shelves in French supermarkets."  

Perhaps they want to talk about the European branches of the Marks & Spencers chain where there is no tea or crumpets any more and which are about to close their doors permanently on the Old Continent due to ... Brexit? The fact remains that these gross inaccuracies, drunk all day long, are hardly questioned in Great Britain. In fact, Boris Johnson has hoisted the Coué method of rule and morality of government, and so far a majority of Britons prefer to believe it. "Repeat after me: 'the future is bright'". Until when ?