Brussels: Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-EU UK Independence Party, was jeered and booed by the European Parliament after he told MEPs they were “in denial” about Brexit and that they had “never had a proper job before”. In his speech at the Brussels chamber Mr Farage declared that Brexit was “a beacon of hope” to other member states. Farage told the European Parliament that he had had the last laugh after Britain defied their warnings and voted to quit the EU.
“Isn’t it funny. When I came here 17 years ago and I said I wanted to lead a campaign to get Britain to leave the EU, you all laughed at me but you are not laughing now,” Farage told MEPs. “You have imposed on them a political union and when the people in 2005 in the Netherlands and in France voted against you, you simply ignored them and brought the Lisbon Treaty in by the back door!” he told MEPs in an emergency debate on Britain’s Brexit vote.
Farage would not be denied his moment, saying Thursday’s vote was “seismic” with far-reaching implications beyond Britain’s immediate future. “The United Kingdom will not be the last member state to leave the European Union!,” he said.
