Not sure whether to laugh or cry. "Never before has a world power elected to amputate various limbs in front of its horrified friends, half-heartedly glue some of them back together at those friends' behest, and re-sever them immediately afterwards."
http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2017/12/14/brexit-a-familiar-return-to-chaos-and-embarrassment-for-may