Battle of the Patriotic Breakfast

There seems little hope of the two side of the Brexit divide ever coming together. You need only look no further than the Battle of the Patriotic Breakfast.

Yesterday, the Daily Telegraph Twitter feed posted a link to a story, with the comment: "David Frost enjoyed a delicious patriotic breakfast of sausages, baked beans, bacon and eggs before leading a team of 100 UK officials into negotiations."

It was pointed out, possibly rightly, that coming from a former paper of record this was a little below them. Let's be honest here, a lot of people pointed that out.

So the Brexiteers weighed in asking what remainers hated their country so much.

James O'Brian pointed out: "A ‘patriotic breakfast’? Sausages were invented by Sumerians circa 3000BC; all beans used in baked beans are native to South America; pork was first salted in ancient China & hens were first domesticated in ancient Egypt. ‘Patriotic’ What an awful joke Brexit is making of the UK"

This didn'ty stop former UKIP MEP, Roger Helmer firing back: "What an idiot James O’Brien is! Sumerians invented sausages? So what? Hens invented eggs. But it doesn’t stop a traditional English breakfast being a traditional English breakfast (and try googling “British inventions”, while you’re at it)"

Hens invented eggs, Roger?

Roger, you're shouting at fried bread!

But with both sides being so easily triggered by the other, that people could get so worked up about a word, a breakfast. But then, note Roger called it "English", not British. As Wales, Scotland and NI have their own ingredients.

But the world looks on, as UK loses its shit over a Tweet. And its been going on for 24 hours now.....