Having cake and eating it: how a hyperbolic metaphor framed Brexit

Musolff, Andreas (2020) Having cake and eating it: how a hyperbolic metaphor framed Brexit [['eprint_typename_blog_post' not defined]]
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Since Boris Johnson first invoked the idea that Britain could 'have its cake and eat it' by staying in the Single Market while ending freedom of movement, the phrase has become shorthand for Brexiters' optimism. Andreas Musolff (University of East Anglia) explains how a metaphorical proverb shot through with hyperbolic assertion proved so powerful.
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Date Deposited 23 Apr 2020 14:57
URI https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104131

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