Prof Stephen SerjeantJun 24
Today’s finally the day that Daniel Hannan, famously such a predictive monster mind, said we should all look forward to.
Show threadGeogoeroeJun 24
@stephenserjeant some things don't age well. But with Brexit predictions it has been probably more the case than in any other policy. Or does my European point of view make me see things wrong?
Show threadToots By TonyJun 24
@geogoeroe @stephenserjeant That's a polite way of saying "we effing told you so” 👍🏻
Show threadBen AvelingJun 24
The polite way of saying "told you so" is, "oh dear, was a bit worried that might happen". @anthonybearles @geogoeroe @stephenserjeant
Show threadGeogoeroeJun 24
@BenAveling @anthonybearles @stephenserjeant indeed. I apologise, not a native speaker. As subtlety goes, I try to keep my Dutchness hidden, but it's difficult.
Show threadBen AvelingJun 24
No apology necessary. No politeness necessary either, not on that topic with this audience. 🙂
Is there a Dutch equivalent?
(I have a Dutch brother in law; in his view politeness is achieved when the swearwords aren't specifically addressed at any particular person, but he may be atypical.)
@geogoeroe @anthonybearles @stephenserjeant
Show threadGeogoeroe
@BenAveling @anthonybearles @stephenserjeant en... Wat dacht je zelf dat er zou gebeuren? (So... What did you think that would happen? emphasis on zelf/you) is a good start in Dutch. Considered passive-aggresive, but mostly acceptable.
Jun 24 at 4:45pmWeb
Show threadBen AvelingJun 24
Nice. Reminds me the American expression: "And how's that working out for you?"
@geogoeroe @anthonybearles @stephenserjeant
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Prof Stephen SerjeantJun 24
Today’s finally the day that Daniel Hannan, famously such a predictive monster mind, said we should all look forward to.
Show threadJames 🦉 #FBPE 🇪🇺Jun 24
@stephenserjeant This Daniel Hannan?
Show threadNuxJun 24

@freequaybuoy @stephenserjeant
https://web.archive.org/web/20250216045127/https://www.reaction.life/p/britain-looks-like-brexit

I'd be laughing if I wasn't crying..

What Britain looks like after Brexit

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Show threadPeter BindelsJun 24
@stephenserjeant I'd send this to my British friends, but I think they'd get very unhappy.
Show threadMerry ChristmasJun 24

@dascandy

I would like to send it to many of my Family, but they would call it a conspiracy anyway.

Show threadSeiðrJun 24
@dascandy @stephenserjeant See, I <would> send that to my British friends, <because> it would make them very unhappy.
Show threadPeter BindelsJun 25
@Illuminatus @stephenserjeant The subtext is that they likely follow me here, so in a way I did send it to them.
Show threadGeogoeroeJun 24
@stephenserjeant some things don't age well. But with Brexit predictions it has been probably more the case than in any other policy. Or does my European point of view make me see things wrong?
Show threadToots By TonyJun 24
@geogoeroe @stephenserjeant That's a polite way of saying "we effing told you so” 👍🏻
Show threadGeogoeroeJun 24
@anthonybearles @stephenserjeant well... Yes.
Show threadBen AvelingJun 24
The polite way of saying "told you so" is, "oh dear, was a bit worried that might happen". @anthonybearles @geogoeroe @stephenserjeant
Show threadGeogoeroeJun 24
@BenAveling @anthonybearles @stephenserjeant indeed. I apologise, not a native speaker. As subtlety goes, I try to keep my Dutchness hidden, but it's difficult.
Show threadBen AvelingJun 24
No apology necessary. No politeness necessary either, not on that topic with this audience. 🙂
Is there a Dutch equivalent?
(I have a Dutch brother in law; in his view politeness is achieved when the swearwords aren't specifically addressed at any particular person, but he may be atypical.)
@geogoeroe @anthonybearles @stephenserjeant
Show threadGeogoeroeJun 24
@BenAveling @anthonybearles @stephenserjeant en... Wat dacht je zelf dat er zou gebeuren? (So... What did you think that would happen? emphasis on zelf/you) is a good start in Dutch. Considered passive-aggresive, but mostly acceptable.
Show threadBen AvelingJun 24
Nice. Reminds me the American expression: "And how's that working out for you?"
@geogoeroe @anthonybearles @stephenserjeant
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKJun 24

@geogoeroe @stephenserjeant I learned to drive and got my licence in 2018/2019, just as Brexit was starting to be implemented. I got one of the last licences with the 12 star flag and every time I look at it it reminds me what we have lost.

The mechanic next door to my work rarely discusses politics as he's in an area which heavily supported Brexit, but more and more agrees with me it has been a disaster, as he ends up with vehicles in the yard waiting weeks/months for parts that were available within days when we were in the EU..

Show threadSchroedingerJun 24

@geogoeroe @stephenserjeant Oh, no, it is unbelievably wrong.

Although I think a lot of it was simply wishful thinking, not predictions in any real sense.

It was all wrong. Of course, some of the people - like Hannan - are actual stupid enough to have believed it.

Show threadKumar GhoshJun 24
[Brexit & The Predictive Powers of Dan Hannan - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR-AXnvunlo&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD)
Brexit & The Predictive Powers of Dan Hannan

YouTube
Show threadFonantJun 25
@ku By Led by Donkeys, projected onto the white cliffs of Dover. Worth a watch!
Show threadMerry ChristmasJun 24

@stephenserjeant

The Guardian
'Daniel Hannan's MEP group told to repay €535,000 in EU funds

Exclusive: Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe accused of hosting luxury events of little relevance to EU'

Not a nice person.

Show threadInc Hulk 🧪Jun 24
@stephenserjeant It is sad that so many gullible people believed this drivel. Reform voters seem to still have a selective memory of the last years since the disastrous vote.
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Jun 24
@IncHulk @stephenserjeant Reform Voters want everyone else to suffer, it gives them life. They are no different from Trump voters.
Show threadTwoowls EltJun 24
@stephenserjeant I am based in the UK (Scotland, thankfully) and still vividly remember the morning after. All of the household was in shock at the stupidity of our nation. I am still in shock.
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Jun 24

@twoowls73 @stephenserjeant I was at Glastonbury, the mood was was the same. I remember Paul Heaton saying something along the lines of "what the fuck have we done now?!"
We were worried they'd be political violence on that day.

#Brexit #GlastonburyFestival

Show threadScotsbearJun 24
@twoowls73 @stephenserjeant

If you examine the geological record in certain places, take a deep core sample, you can clearly see a living record of when the asteroid hit that killed the dinosaurs.

Do the same to a Scot and you'll find similar records of Indyref and Brexit written in their cells, days that tore us in twain. The days after both were among the blackest I've ever lived through; everyone felt it.
Show threadRay Gulick, he/him/wtf 🇺🇦 ❌👑Jun 24

@stephenserjeant

Nailed it! 😜

Show threadAleksanderJun 24
@stephenserjeant He’s now Baron Hannan of Kingsclere 🙈
Show threadBecksyJun 24
@stephenserjeant who is making this up? Fake news doesn’t belong on Mastadon.
Show threadas a large fashion model,Jun 24
@Becksy what do you mean? This post makes fun of predictions some Brexit clown *actually made* in 2016
Show threadProf Stephen SerjeantJun 27
@Becksy No, it's genuinely what he wrote in 2016. But you're right, it's obviously egregiously wrong, and many of us felt it was obviously wrong at the time
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Jun 24

@stephenserjeant lol, our very own Nostradamus..../s

He's a salesman, he sold a lie, he got paid.

#Brexit #DanielHannan

Show threadStoneface VimesJun 24
@stephenserjeant I don't think I'll be asking him for horse racing tips anytime soon.
Show threadMim54Jun 24
@stephenserjeant there’s no cure for stupid is there?😕
Show threadFelichsJun 24
@stephenserjeant
What a turnip.
Show threadPatrick H. LaukeJun 24
@stephenserjeant somebody should set off fireworks in Lord Hannan's letterbox
Show threadPino CarafaJun 24
@stephenserjeant beautiful, beautiful irony
Show threadDarrenJun 24
LB: Daniel Hannan is a cunt, has always been a cunt, and will continue to be a cunt long after the heat death of the universe.
Show threadiantoJun 24
@stephenserjeant this would be lolz except it's desperately unfunny.
Show threadmauvedeityJun 24
@stephenserjeant hahahaha oh dear, stop it, my farting strings cannot cope!
Show threadRalph AngenendtJun 24

@stephenserjeant Ah, that must be this Daniel Hannan.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/14/litter-shoplifting-britain-third-world-daniel-hannan/

https://archive.md/20250617081442/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/14/litter-shoplifting-britain-third-world-daniel-hannan/

Litter, shoplifting, private security guards: Britain is turning into a Third World country

One of the best aspects of our nation is social capital. But it is ebbing away, and the state is struggling to protect us from crime

The Telegraph
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Jun 25
@stephenserjeant @adrianh oh, I see. I missed the date in a grey font at the top.
#sad #condolences