31 Oct
2016
31 Oct
'16
1:27 a.m.
Trent W. Buck via luv-talk <luv-talk@luv.asn.au> wrote:
ObRant: I'm sick of people referring to article invocation as "button pushing". Is "invoke" too complicated a concept the UK media?
No, but in this case I think the metaphor (associating invocation of Article 50 with pressing the button that triggers a missile launch) is apt in the context of discussing the immediate and grave consequences that may follow - capital flight, stock market decline, etc. Compare the reaction that occurred when the result of the vote was announced.