triumph and disaster are the same thing

Oh, so true

Fintan O’Toole: Brexit resurrects the English cult of heroic failure 

While everyone else is screaming “Stop! You’re headed for disaster,” the stiff lips part just enough to say, “Ah, but we will treat it as a triumph and never breathe a word about our loss.”

[via Danny Yee's blog]

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