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22 February 2016updated 17 Jan 2024 6:25am

Just to make the EU debate easier to understand, Tories are discussing it in Elvish

Time for an elf-regulatory initiative?

By Media Mole

The EU referendum debate has long been accused of sounding too inaccessible, the arguments inscrutable, and the language impenetrable. But not any more! For a benevolent group of inventive internet-friendly Tories have pioneered a way of giving the issue the clarity it so desperately needs. By discussing it in Elvish.

Here’s the Conservative MEP Dan Hannan kicking things off in a tweet, with a casual Ma mauya? (“is it necessary?”), ending in a rousing A tule asenye! (“come with me!”):

Then the Tory MP Gavin Barwell glides in with his crystal clear riposte, opening with Anin apsene (“sorry”):

Hannan accepts his apology, signing off with a casual Ne minuial tôl lû ir tirich er-‘îl gelair awarthannen (“At star fade, a time comes when you see one brilliant star left behind”):

So that’s cleared that up then.

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