Its now official. At least one state government in the UK has declared the term Brexit politically too toxic and banned its use in official correspondence and statements. <\/p>\n
The Labour-led Welsh Government has ordered its civil servants not to use Brexit to refer to Britains exit from the European Union. The period between February 1 and December 31, 2020 when Britain was in the process of leaving the EU, is to be referred to as the transition phase. <\/p>\n
The Brexit has acquired a divisive connotation because of the way it was used by Boris Johnson and his supporters during the 2016 referendum to polarise public opinion portraying opponents of Brexit as anti-national. It triggered widespread xenophobia leading to immigrants from EU countries being targeted and told to go home. <\/p>\n
Other terms banned in an updated official style-guide issued by the Welsh Government include HM government (Her Majestys government) to refer to the Central UK government; BAME for members of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities; and able-bodied. Substitutes recommended are UK government, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, and non-disabled respectively. And, oh, Welsh Assembly is no longer Welsh Assembly. Its Welsh Parliament. <\/p>\n
The move has been greeted with mockery with some officials accusing the government of behaving like a Big Brother gone bonkers by banning words and phrases used every day by ordinary people. <\/p>\n
Is this whats called losing the plot? as one official said<\/p>\n
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