THE TTALK QUOTES


On Global Trade & Investment
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No. 79 of 2019
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 20219

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CANVASSING AT CHRISTMAS

 "Enough. ... Enough. ... Let's get this done."

Boris Johnson
December 9, 2019 (Publication date)
CONTEXT
Tomorrow, December 12, is election day in the UK, and at this point tomorrow is only a few hours away. There is a lot riding on this election, starting of course with Brexit. Today’s featured quote is from the last pre-election advertisement broadcast by the Conservative party. It premiered December 9 and is now available on YouTube. 

The ad is a parody of the 2003 film “Love Actually,” one of the great romantic comedies. In the ad, the prime minister and conservative candidate Boris Johnson rings a voter’s doorbell and, with Silent Night playing from a boombox, proceeds to show her a series of large cue cards.

“The other guy could win” is the message on one of the cards. Another reads: “We only need nine more seats to get a majority.”  The lines Boris speaks to the camera as he is walking away from the house are today’s featured quote: “Enough. Enough. Let’s get this done,” with the “this” clearly a reference to Brexit. 

COMMENT
They say the race is narrowing. We don’t pay too much attention to such observations. That’s because, when it comes to elections, we know we don’t know and won’t know until the votes are tallied (and tallied for the last time). Besides, there will be time enough to comment on the outcome in the days ahead. But there is something we can say right now: Bravo to Boris Johnson and the UK’s Conservative party for this delightful ad. Into all the bitterness and acrimony of contemporary politics, both in the UK and here in the USA, they have injected a bit of fun. Bravo indeed. And thank you.

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SOURCES & LINKS
Conservative Actually is a link to the YouTube version of the UK political ad described above. This was the source for today’s featured quote.

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