Apparently, Jacob Rees-Mogg believes
that one of the most important benefits of Brexit would be the ability to sell
higher powered vacuum cleaners. Why any manufacturer would want to produce and
sell over-powered and inefficient machines specifically for a small market like
the UK when they can just as easily sell the same efficient and equally
effective machines that they are selling elsewhere is unanswered question.
Still, given that engineering and economics weren’t even subjects when Jake was
a lad, we should probably overlook his ignorance of both.
It reminded me of the cleaner in our house
when I was young – so around 60 years ago, I guess. The flexible hose could
optionally be attached at either end, with one end providing suction for
cleaning, and the other a jet of air for … well, no-one was quite sure what it
was for, which is presumably why they don’t make them like that any longer. Perhaps
they should reintroduce them though. An inefficient and over- powered device
producing a jet of hot air of little use to anyone seems like a deserving first
entry on the list of Brexit benefits. It’s quite a good analogy for Jake as
well.
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