No More? Ok.

There's this scene in Love Actually—wait! I know... I can't stand that movie either but just... bear with me for a sec.

So, Hugh Grant is UK's prime minister, and Billy Bob Thornton's visiting 10 Downey Street. Well, not him but his character (he's the US president). Thornton is an arrogant prick, he hits on Hugh Grant's love interest, acts like he owns the place. Then, during a joint press conference, he lies: great meeting, friendship, special relationship, blah blah blah. Cue BS smiles. But when Grant (still the prime minister) is asked for his take on the visit, he goes off-script: relationship? Relationships are supposed to be mutually beneficial; real friends don't bully friends; Billy Bob's a dick. Ok, I made up the last one but that's still the subtext.

On August 22 2026, Mark Carney gave his Love Actually speech. After months of playing along, trying to appease, attempting to find solutions despite constantly moving goalposts and ever increasing demands, he finally called it: real friends don't bully friends.

You don't accept a bad deal.
You don't enter a contract if a "signature is written in pencil.” And certainly not with someone who won't even honour the terms of his own previous agreement.

I'm not sure where we're headed, but I can tell you no one here is surprised or shocked. We all knew who we were dealing with. There isn't a single iota of doubt in my mind: what happened Saturday was necessary. I hope other leaders follow.

Enough is enough.