Are you referring to this: https://www.indy100.com/article/brexit-explain-cheese-submar... ?

Yes, you've gouda admit it's a grate analogy.

You're on fire, but this isn't Reddit :D

(then again, who thought we'd have a political article on the front page of HN!)

Overtly political discussions do pop up on HN occasionally - the ones that don't descend into slanging matches (such as this one) are usually of good quality and seem to be tolerated by the mods.