'This S(c)eptic Isle', Notional Pride 21 [trans_late]

All Images: North East Leicester, October 2022

[Reconfigured Translation]:

There is absolutely no finesse in UK self-parody these days (see the so-called Brexit celebration and criticism of this £120 million dead elephant). The entire audience was horrified by the select culture of visitors who were somehow forced not to enjoy what was being shown. Total, you say? Are you saying that public money is horrible? Are you saying something completely different than what was being promised? Even though you've been programming for years, no one knows what you're really talking about? Do you say that those who came should accuse no one but themselves of their error? Meanwhile... I'm crying, the metaphor is slowly creeping into the British consciousness, taking it by the lapels, shaking it like a doll, and banging its head on its nose, shouting: "I'M A CONSTANT TRANSLATION - OK? MAN."

If you were one of the 67 million UK citizens who missed this summer's event (the officially extinct Brexit Festival), the woolly bird had a reason to celebrate 'Creating in the UK', and it's running everywhere. The country has been dry since the spring with a series of events hilariously revealed this week in a very alarming article in the house magazine. Any association with what we once feared as right was actively avoided by various authorities, and in many cases heroically undermined. The national drive did not succeed.

 

Many successful events seem to have run the gamut from wild and poorly executed, to wild and poorly attended. The Brexiteers met before the resignation began. The highlights are too numerous to be fully covered here, but special mention must be made of the dream (and certainly not the waking) content - which comes from some of the hardest working artists.

There was a trend to pay for what the manager called his 'expanded target' of 66 million visitors. The cost is 238,000. The whole thing came to 120 million of public money, which - surprisingly, the government minister still has. How many nurses can he can pay? In Hollywood, you lose your job if you give the green light to this big drop. To put this in an alternative way, each visitor can be given one of many events in the £100 cash chest, for example, being crushed by children, or dropping an inflatable moon over their head. That is, more than four times the cost of the platinum box was spent.

The 'renewal' of Britain again - this content was predicted to be returned around the corner.