Don't make his Tory

Perhaps one of the best forms of Brexit relief is a trip to Europe. I’ve just returned from Amsterdam, and even in its over-crowded state there are escapes from the aimlessly meandering crowds available. The Van Gogh Museum at 9am is one of my regular haunts—start on the top floor and work your way down, and for the most part you have the place to yourself—the crowds  always start at the bottom and work their way up. Obviously this only works by arriving at opening time. Next stop for me is next door, the always thought provoking Stedelijk contemporary art gallery with its massive and eccentric bath-tub extension.  Crowds are not generally a problem here. Perhaps the threat of a giant bath doesn’t appeal to everybody. So, a couple of days in the beating heart of Europe (by ferry from Hull) provides a fillip in these dark days, even if I guiltily enjoyed a slight boost to the value of my cash thanks to Johnson’s victory. I can’t think of any other benefits, and he’s already reneging on ’promises’ made on e.g. workers’ rights, the minimum wage, etc. The poster illustrated here (seen in Rotterdam) kind of expresses what the story is, though it seems to have suffered in translation. It should of course say Don’t make Boris’s story—Make the future. At least they get it in Rotterdam.

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