Friday, 19 January 2018

Bridge building

In a fit of forced Francophilia, Boris Johnson has announced his ambition to build a bridge between Britain and France. This is not a metaphor, he wants to build an actual 25 mile-long, concrete and steel bridge between England and continental Europe - across the busiest shipping lane in the world.

Can we afford it? Perhaps we can get Mexico to pay for it.
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25 comments:

  1. Cro Magnon19 January 2018 at 02:24

    It's the jolly entente cordiale, you know!

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  2. A Heron's View19 January 2018 at 02:33

    I presume this new bridge will have a garden on it too ?

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  3. Rachel Phillips19 January 2018 at 02:35

    And a dedicated two-way lane for migrants

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  4. Maria19 January 2018 at 02:53

    Ahh, then I can visit you :)
    Greetings Maria x

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  5. Rachel Phillips19 January 2018 at 02:56

    And a portcullis

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  6. Cro Magnon19 January 2018 at 04:11

    A bridge too far?

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  7. Rachel Phillips19 January 2018 at 04:59

    A bridge of sighs?

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  8. Jennifer19 January 2018 at 05:02

    A bridge over troubled waters?

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  9. Joanne Noragon19 January 2018 at 06:07

    I read the news, yours too, and this totally slipped by me. I Googled and found "latest in a long line of wacky ideas..." But the, you all know that.

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    1. Tom Stephenson19 January 2018 at 06:23

      He wanted to build an airport in the Thames. He wants an edifice.

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  10. Tom Stephenson19 January 2018 at 06:08

    Stinker's bridge?

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  11. The Weaver of Grass19 January 2018 at 07:24

    Just for a moment Tom instead of Mexico I read 'Meccano' - maybe a better idea.

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  12. Rachel Phillips19 January 2018 at 08:14

    Carillion to get the contract.

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  13. Tom Stephenson19 January 2018 at 12:24

    The whole Johnson family are a bunch of buffoons. I am so pissed off with all bloody politicians of every hue between blue and red. I would prefer a bad King with sensible and influential courtiers. Seriously.

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  14. Cro Magnon19 January 2018 at 21:09

    At which point do you think we'd have to swap lanes? And at the mid channel service station would petrol be sold in Pounds or Euros?

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    1. Tom Stephenson20 January 2018 at 04:31

      Good point. As with everything else to do with cross-Channel dealings, nobody has thought it through. I suppose there should be a sort of spaghetti-junction type arrangement halfway over in a sort of figure of eight, or maybe like an impossible Escher drawing.

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  15. potty20 January 2018 at 00:44

    Get the French & the EU to pay for it all from the loot that they have made from GB. The change of driving side can be made at some Mobious twist.

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    1. Tom Stephenson20 January 2018 at 04:32

      Not only get them to pay for it but insist that the rest of Europe drive on the left like us.

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