Gloria: Hi Tony, meant to ask you about it for some time now. Will a possible Brexit affect your business?
Tony: In Britain the farce of Brexit looms over everything all day every day. It's going to affect us all in a most adverse manner. No doubt about it.
Gloria: I'll never understand why so many voted for it.
Tony: Nor will I. It is hard to believe that as a nation we have been so stupid as to vote to leave the EU. Utter and sheer short-sightedness.
Tony: When the French protest against their government, they do it on the streets with their Gilets Jaunes. We do protest votes against the government. I’m not sure which nation has developed the more stupid way to object to our government!
Gloria: But will you in your printing business be affected?
Tony: Dunno yet. Actually I've had very few commissions from abroad, so not directly. But we are all going to have less money in our pockets. So there'll be less interest in fancy printed matter.
Tony: But that will affect my holiday plans! And I hate that! The whole nonsense of exchanging money leaves me sick. I've always been out of pocket, no matter whether in Austria or France. And now with the pound going down the drain...
Gloria: We are hardly meeting any British tourists in Mexico now. One couple in Campeche the other day but they said they're attending a convention or sth.
Tony: That's what I mean. We'll be stewing in our own splendidly isolated sauce again.
Gloria: Don't worry. You can always visit us in Austria paying your pounds which we will then spend visiting you in England.
Tony: That's a good plan. But how about me visiting France or Spain??? Any family or friends there?
Gloria: Do you think the second referendum is an option?
Tony: Definitely. Those morons voted "for" out of ignorance, out of sheer lack of knowledge and understanding. Common awareness of economic and political consequences of Brexit has made a quantum jump in this country as late as in the last few months.
Tony: And if you ask me, the Irish border issue cannot be solved thru' any diplomatic channels. It either stays open, the way it is now, or we have a new armed conflict with no prospect of being settled.
Gloria: Hasn't it started yet?
Tony: Yes. I fear the worst.
Gloria: Oh Tony... So wretched....
Tony's business will be affected by Brexit and both her and Gloria will never understand why people voted for it. It will also affect Tony's holiday plans. Gloria can hardly meet any British tourists in Mexico. Tony thinks the second referendum is an option.