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GREATER HAMILTON’S INDEPENDENT VOICE APRIL 4 — 10, 2019 VOL. 25 NO. 14 COMPLETE ENTERTAINMENT FREEFREELISTINGS EVERY THURSDAY À La Carte DUMBO • QUARTET • BREXIT • JELL-O • PIPELINES • REAL ESTATE • FREE WILL ASTROLOGY • EARTH TALK 2 APRIL 4 — 10, 2019 VIEW VIEW APRIL 4 — 10, 2019 3 THEATRE 07 QUARTET photo by: INSIDELynne Jamieson THIS ISSUE APRIL 4 — 10, 2019 08 COVER CAROLINE WILES FORUM MUSIC 05 EARTH TALK 08 Hamilton Music Notes 05 PERSPECTIVE Brexit 12 Live Music Listing 05 PERSPECTIVE International Oil 05 PERSPECTIVE Jell-O MOVIES 18 REAL ESTATE Local Agent 16 REVIEW Dumbo SCENE 17 Movie Reviews 07 THEATRE Quartet ETC. 18 General Classifieds FOOD 19 Free Will Astrology 10 Dining Guide 19 Adult Classifieds 370 MAIN STREET WEST, HAMILTON, ONTARIO L8P 1K2 HAMILTON 905.527.3343 FAX 905.527.3721 VIEW FOR ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: 905.527.3343 X102 EDITOR IN CHIEF Ron Kilpatrick x109 [email protected] OPERATIONS DIRECTOR CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ACCOUNTING PUBLISHER Marcus Rosen x101 Liz Kay x100 Roxanne Green x103 Sean Rosen x102 [email protected] 1.866.527.3343 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ADVERTISING DEPT DISTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTORS LISTINGS EDITOR RandA distribution Rob Breszny • Gregory SENIOR CORPORATE Alison Kilpatrick x100 Owner:Alissa Ann latour Cruikshank • Sara Cymbalisty • REPRESENTATIVE [email protected] Manager:Luc Hetu Albert DeSantis • Darrin Ian Wallace x107 905-531-5564 DeRoches • Daniel Gariépy • amara [email protected] HAMILTON MUSIC NOTES [email protected] Allison M. 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HAMILTON, ONTARIO L8P 1K2 HAMILTON’S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE SINCE JANUARY 5, 1995, VIEW IS PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER USING VEGETABLE OIL-BASED INKS 4 APRIL 4 — 10, 2019 VIEW [PERSPECTIVE] by MICHAEL TERRY WHAT DOES A nation do when nothing works? the seemingly democratic decision to leave the This is the overwhelming conundrum that has European Union. Now, at bottom, this was the been plaguing the United Kingdom since a slim wrong choice. This doesn’t mean that continuing majority of its citizens decided to up and bail on membership in the EU would just be an all around the European Union. As the months have piled great thing for Britain. But, it’s obviously better up, Britain has careened to a supposed Brexit with than this alternative. So, what happens when little to no idea how the hell to actually do the democracy yields an untenable position? What damn thing. This was made especially clear last can possibly remedy that? So far, well, nothing. week, when after multiple failed votes on That is the one thing that actually makes sense in maligned Prime Minister Teresa May’s Brexit deal al lol this. After all, stating a position, a desire, opened the door to a vote on a whole mess of articulated through a vote to Leave is one thing. options. Eight proposals in total were tabled, in a Actually creating a plan for an action that is non- pointless attempt to find a way forward. Her deal sensical is another thing entirely. So, you have a was voted down again, but so to was the idea of No decision that is made that is fundamentally the Deal, same for a Customs Union, as well as a sec- incorrect one. A decision that was made in a cam- ond referendum, and so on. Nothing works. So paign wrought with lies, exaggeration, and fear. what do you do? Now, you have to square that with this pesky thing May had already made the first seemingly dra- called reality. matic move, announcing she would step down if In retrospect, the referendum was botched. As they’d just pass the damn thing, and allow others bad as the decision to even hold it ended up being, to somehow take over the next phase of this disas- the format of it was just as ludicrous. For a ques- ter. This, you guessed it, failed to deliver and it tion as large as the one faced in the Brexit cam- gives nothing other than more chaos. Now, in an paign, it should have been formalized that the first even more desperate move, May has pivoted com- vote was for the intent to leave dependent on a pletely. She’s announced she’ll just approve any- deal that could also secure the majority in a refer- BREXIT DELIRIUM thing that can get to a majority. She’s offered endum. That path would not have been without negotiations with the opposition parties. This has its own flaws, to be sure, but at least it would pro- just the circus. Such is the state of disrepair in involved recognize what they’ve done, the chaos brought some support from her rivals, but is leav- vide an out. Instead, those who are insisting on British politics that is now almost unfathomable they’ve sown. But, they also know they’re locked ing her with dwindling confidence from her own Brexit are pointing to the will of the people. But, that whatever comes of Brexit will be a good into that chaos completely. It’s as though they’re party. If it weren’t so gravely serious, it would make where does that will stand in a situation where the thing. More likely, this decision, followed by looking for a way out while knowing there’s no for the greatest episode of Veep ever conceived. proposed deals are shown to be disastrous? whatever decision (or non–decision) is ultimately way out. What it is for all of us, is a microcosm of As Britain teeters in these winds of delirium, We who bask in the glory of democracy would made, will plague the United Kingdom and its the crises to come. Issues like climate change, dis- we should take pause to look at what this shows us do well to admit its pitfalls. Such is the reverence political structure for a generation at least. placement, wealth stratification, artificial intelli- about the state of democracy. Yes, this is a prob- of the democratic process, that people and nations Watching this unfold in this incredible refraction gence, will all come up against these processes, lem, at the moment, particular to Britain, but the often leave themselves exposed to brutal out- of uncertainty and unknowing has been fascinat- and we too may find ourselves lost in situations template is important to consider. First, we have comes like this one. For Britain, for now, there’s ing and disturbing. 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