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MEPs boo as Nigel Farage hurls insults in the European parliament
Source: The Guardian
MEPs boo as Nigel Farage hurls insults in the European parliament
‘Virtually none of you have ever done a proper job in your lives,’ Ukip
leader tells MEPs in belligerent speech after Brexit vote
Luke Harding and Haroon Siddique
Tuesday 28 June 2016 15.14 BST
The European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker clashed bitterly with Nigel Farage on Tuesday, pointedly asking the Ukip leader in front of the European parliament in Brussels: “Why are you still here?”
In extraordinary scenes, Juncker said that he respected British democracy and Thursday’s seismic vote for the UK to leave the European Union. There was a smattering of applause in the chamber.
The former Luxembourg prime minister then broke off from his speech in French and addressed Farage in English, sitting to his immediate right. “That’s the last time you are applauding here. And to some extent I’m really surprised that you are here,” Juncker said.
“You were fighting for the exit. The British people voted in favour of the exit; why are you here?”
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‘Virtually none of you have ever done a proper job in your lives,’ Ukip
leader tells MEPs in belligerent speech after Brexit vote
Luke Harding and Haroon Siddique
Tuesday 28 June 2016 15.14 BST
The European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker clashed bitterly with Nigel Farage on Tuesday, pointedly asking the Ukip leader in front of the European parliament in Brussels: “Why are you still here?”
In extraordinary scenes, Juncker said that he respected British democracy and Thursday’s seismic vote for the UK to leave the European Union. There was a smattering of applause in the chamber.
The former Luxembourg prime minister then broke off from his speech in French and addressed Farage in English, sitting to his immediate right. “That’s the last time you are applauding here. And to some extent I’m really surprised that you are here,” Juncker said.
“You were fighting for the exit. The British people voted in favour of the exit; why are you here?”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/28/meps-boo-nigel-farage-insults-in-european-parliament
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