FOR many, the moment the UK officially leaves the EU will be a tremendously sad one – and in some cases, such as for those who require medicine that will be impacted by the chaos, a truly dark point.
On the other hand, however, there will be Brexiteers rejoicing – a glorious victory for Britain, cutting itself off from its European neighbours and embarking on the path to Empire2. They can probably count Boris Johnson among their numbers, and that probably says it all.
And thus, the Tories decided to mark the moment with a commemorative 50 pence coin, minted with the date of leaving – March 29.
Except, of course, Westminster has made such a mess of Brexit that this date will no longer apply. Who knows what date will?
Labour MP Mary Creagh wrote to the Treasury to ask if the coins had already been minted.
Brexit 50p commemorative coin.
— Mary Creagh (@MaryCreaghMP) 25 March 2019
It’s not happened.
@christopherhope
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Robert Jenrick, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, responded: "Currently, no commemorative coins to mark the UK's departure from the UK have been minted. However, as is standard procedure at The Royal Mint, a small number of trial coins have been produced. The production of trial coins does not incur any cost to the taxpayer."
No, that isn't our typo. The official response to the question actually said "to mark the UK's departure from the UK". An accident, of course, but somehow perfectly representative of the absolute mess of the Tory government right now.
Though the fact they haven't already minted the coins is a small mercy.
This all said, it would probably be a more appropriate commemoration of Brexit to release the coins with this date though, wouldn't it?
It would be far more fitting of this whole process than a shiny coin with an actual exit date – that would do nothing to mark the state of Tory Brexit.
And we wonder how much those 50p coins will be worth by the time they come out...
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