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Lib Dem leader Vince Cable will tell his party members that Brexiteers such as Boris Johnson are willing to allow \u201cyears of economic pain\u201d to enjoy the \u201cerotic spasm\u201d of leaving the EU, in his conference speech on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Cable, who will use the rather graphic depiction of Brexiteer MPs\u2019 attitudes towards the UK\u2019s impending exit from the EU in his leader\u2019s conference speech in Brighton, claimed on BBC Radio 4\u2019s Today programme that his turn of phrase, \u201cerotic spasm,\u201d<\/em> was a \u201ccolourful metaphor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Social media reaction to Cable\u2019s lewd description has ranged from outright bemusement, being labelled as \u2018weird,\u2019 to feeling bad for the sign language interpreter who has the unenviable job of communicating the graphic phrase with hand gestures.<\/p>\n It is with grave regret I must inform you of a phrase Sir Vince Cable will use in his big conference speech tomorrow. <\/p>\n He will refer to Brexit as an \u201cerotic spasm\u201d.<\/p>\n This will surely go down as one of the weirdest things ever said by the leader of a major UK political party. pic.twitter.com\/LGV8tZwcSa<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) September 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Did not want to wake up to Vince Cable saying “erotic spasm”<\/p>\n \u2014 Josh Lowe (@JeyyLowe) September 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n When we got this speech under embargo yesterday we couldn\u2019t quite believe they had *actually* gone for this choice of words but, yes, Vince Cable is going to talk about an \u201cerotic spasm\u201d later today. https:\/\/t.co\/osDJOEDAhs<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jess Brammar (@jessbrammar) September 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Sophie Walker, the leader of the Women\u2019s Equality Party, responding to Cable\u2019s radio interview, jokingly tweeted that she had \u201c\u2018clitoris\u2019 in my Leader\u2019s speech and didn\u2019t get invited\u201d<\/em> on to the Today programme. Pro-EU campaigner and former New Labour spin doctor, Alastair Campbell, feared the term may revive the appeal of Brexit as it sounded \u201csomewhat appealing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Campbell, who began his career writing erotica for a men\u2019s magazine, isn’t alone in his assessment of the Lib Dem leader’s turn of phrase. Another social media user suggested Cable is doing the work of Brexiteers by conceding that Brexit is the \u201criskier, more glamorous, sexier option\u201d<\/em> – adding: \u201cWho wouldn\u2019t want an erotic spasm?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n I fear @vincecable<\/a> may be reviving the appeal of Brexit just as most are now seeing it as a bag of sick … \u2018erotic spasm\u2019 sounds somewhat appealing amid the grisly reality<\/p>\n \u2014 Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret) September 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n One fundamental problem with Vince Cable\u2019s \u201cerotic spasm\u201d quote is that he seems to concede Brexit is the riskier, more glamorous, sexier option. Who wouldn\u2019t want an erotic spasm ?<\/p>\n\n\n
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