That volatility – two general elections and three changes of prime minister in six years – is a function of the struggle to turn an ideal Brexit, nurtured in the parochial Eurosceptic imagination, into a reality-based Brexit involving other countries and real people’s jobs. The Tory party recognises only two possible positions on Britain’s relationship with the EU – heroic insistence on further severance and cowardly plotting to rejoin. We follow Bernard as he does his best to attract his mum and dad's attention to the monster in the garden who wants to eat him - only to hear the repeated refrain of 'Not now, Bernard.

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In The Monster and the Teddy Bear (1989) Angela learns to rethink her opinion of monsters after a fierce monster causes chaos without the babysitting noticing. It concerns the systematic neglect of the eponymous Bernard and his subsequent demise at the hands of a monster he meets in his garden. Truss now claims that backing the wrong horse in the referendum taught her to discard orthodox economic thinking. In a brilliant twist, the monster then enters the house and moves into the boy’s room, breaking his toys and eating his dinner. McKee deals with a sad theme in a clever and funny way, which will resonate with both children and adults.It is quite simple to read, basic vocabulary and sentence structure but a rather deep story if you take the time to reflect. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. I was reminded of it by Rafael Behr's opinion piece in today's Guardian, 31 August 2022, six days before Johnson actually resigned as Prime Minister and Liz Truss took over, "Brexit is the monster under the bed Liz Truss is desperately trying to ignore" - see below. The Two Monsters (1985) is another tale with a lesson: this time about learning to see another person’s point of view. For young children, however, (who the book is aimed at due to its simplistic nature) I feel that the book could be quite upsetting if understood, especially for children in a similar situation.

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By 2019, she was arguing in private that Britain could safely walk away from the EU without a comprehensive deal.The next resident of 10 Downing Street will find the garden crawling with monstrous economic and political menaces. Sterling has depreciated, but without the compensating boost to export competitiveness that might be expected from a currency devaluation.