Cakeism - The doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too, as regards the UK government and its Brexit
negotiations. The action of exaggerating the UK's potential, to make it seem that greater things are possible than reality offers. Cakeism is used by 'Cakeists' to win people over with baseless offerings such as
the red bus used in the UK referendum, with the aim to leave Europe. It is often related to feelings of loss of the British empire. It can also be
associated with political opportunism.
You may
believe that the UK can once more achieve an Empire, but times have changed, and we are an
integrated part of European now. We need to maintain closeness with our neighbours to ensure peace, and that is why the
European Union was created. Your aspirations of grandeur and supremacy are pure Cakeism, and you, my friend, are a cakeist