“He seems to tol­er­ate this cock­tail night.” (Lustige Blät­ter, Berlin, 23 April 1942; the bot­tles are marked “Blood” and “Tears”). The Nazis were fond of the bar room image—and no more accu­rate than mod­ern-day writ­ers. The atti­tude of the British lion, how­ev­er, nice­ly rep­re­sents British atti­tudes about the end­less Brex­it debate.