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!”):
@GuidoFawkes @JohnRentoul Ma mauya? There’s still time for you to turn away from the Power of Mordor, @GavinBarwellMP. A tule asenye!
— Daniel Hannan (@DanHannanMEP) February 20, 2016
Then the Tory MP Gavin Barwell glides in with his crystal clear riposte, opening with Anin apsene (“sorry”):
@DanHannanMEP @GuidoFawkes @JohnRentoul Anin apsene, much as I admire your Quenya I’m following the guy who helped win my seat last May
— Gavin Barwell MP (@GavinBarwellMP) February 20, 2016
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”):
@GavinBarwellMP @GuidoFawkes @JohnRentoul Fair enough. We’ll miss you. Ne minuial tôl lû ir tirich er-‘îl gelair awarthannen.
— Daniel Hannan (@DanHannanMEP) February 20, 2016
So that’s cleared that up then.
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