Guy Verhofstadt has been receiving a lot of attention today for his brutal remarks in a BBC Brexit documentary
The European parliament’s representative on Brexit has angered Leavers after he was filmed laughing at the UK’s dire attempts to get out of the EU and appearing to mock Theresa May.
But this isn’t the first time Verhofstadt has hit back at Brexiteers - the EU politician has been a frequent critic on social media for months.
Here are some of his most ruthless comments.
First up... Nigel Farage
The Brexit Party leader is one of Verhofstadt’s favourite targets and the two have clashed for years in the European parliament.
He called out Farage in 2012 for not attending meetings in the parliament, calling his salary “the biggest waste of EU resources”.
Nigel Farage has been an elected MEP since 1999, but now says he comes out of "semi – retirement". As I already war… https://t.co/TIHek2LxyZ— Guy Verhofstadt (@Guy Verhofstadt) 1556547923
And I thought #Brexit had at least one advantage... that taxpayer's money would not have to be wasted on his salary… https://t.co/gz98r1Ob9E— Guy Verhofstadt (@Guy Verhofstadt) 1549896243
He also mocked Farage over the poorly-attended March to Leave protest earlier this year.
I’m surprised to see you here, Mr. Farage. I thought you were marching 200 miles for the leave campaign? How many d… https://t.co/WMCCpXMeQF— Guy Verhofstadt (@Guy Verhofstadt) 1553679022
And took a swipe at him during the 2018 World Cup, when Farage tried to belittle Belgium (Verhofstadt’s home country).
Today, Nigel Farage said Belgium is not a real country. He’ll see how real Belgium is when we play England in the W… https://t.co/SJGyfSXFeY— Guy Verhofstadt (@Guy Verhofstadt) 1525338111
But Verhofstadt has also shown his dislike of other Brexiteers.
In February, he doubled-down on Donald Tusk’s “special place in hell” jibe by wondering if Lucifer would even want to accept Farage and co.
Well, I doubt Lucifer would welcome them, as after what they did to Britain, they would even manage to divide hell 🙂 https://t.co/AS367egjZP— Guy Verhofstadt (@Guy Verhofstadt) 1549474259
And he compared Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Jacob Rees-Mogg to the leaders of the French Revolution, noting that those men “ended up on the guillotine”.
“They all ended on the guillotine.” @guyverhofstadt says those comparing hard Brexiteers to the leaders of the Fre… https://t.co/bFYU1MA18e— Channel 4 News (@Channel 4 News) 1549970989
He’s not a fan of Labour Leaver Kate Hoey either.
Hi @KateHoeyMP, thanks for the feedback. Actually, I was elected by my constituents with over 500k votes. Imagine… https://t.co/bqf7EjIEYn— Guy Verhofstadt (@Guy Verhofstadt) 1549641560
And he's picked out Rees-Mogg individually for criticism.
For those in the EU who may be tempted to further extend the #Brexit saga, I can only say, be careful what you wish… https://t.co/nHJ7c9ZLBI— Guy Verhofstadt (@Guy Verhofstadt) 1554461815
But more than any one person, Verhofstadt just hates Brexit in general.
#Brexit is supposed to be about ‘taking back control’. The big slogan of the Brexiteers. Instead, it seems to be sp… https://t.co/ptJEwSMRXp— Guy Verhofstadt (@Guy Verhofstadt) 1552473797
You can’t imagine Theresa May being so fiery on Twitter...
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