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Greg Evans
Feb 02, 2020
A former Tory MEP has been called out after he tried to highlight all the things that didn't happen immediately after Brexit.
Daniel Hannan, who had been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999 couldn't contain his glee on the UK's first day out of the EU.
To mark it he posted a tweet that listed many of the scaremongering things that some had feared would happen if the UK left the EU without a deal.
They included food riots, medicine shortages, gridlocked motorways, migrant camps in Kent, a collapse in house prices, emergency tax rises and a world war.
One day in and so far: ❌No food riots ❌No medicine shortages ❌No gridlocked motorways ❌No migrant camps in Kent ❌No… https://t.co/txOipEKmp1— Daniel Hannan (@Daniel Hannan) 1580578353
Although Hannan was most likely joking about any of these things happening straight away, there is a small likelihood that some of these things could happen should the government fail to get a deal by the end of December.
The fact that none of these things have happened let is down to the fact that the UK is still under EU rules and regulations for at least the next 11 months a fact that more than a few folks on Twitter were happy to point out.
This makes me think that the whole battle against 'hard Brexit' and for transition agreements was a political mista… https://t.co/8hpW0rd9iP— Anne Applebaum (@Anne Applebaum) 1580627248
@DanielJHannan Dan I actually know you're better than this. Please stop using transition where everything stays the… https://t.co/5Xy7hTuNWN— Allie Renison (Alexandra) (@Allie Renison (Alexandra)) 1580586269
@DanielJHannan You should be so much better than this.— Seb Dance (@Seb Dance) 1580587860
@DanielJHannan ✅ Still in the single market ✅ Still in the customs union ✅ Still paying into the EU budget ❌ No say… https://t.co/hrO9zUtL8i— Andy Ballingall #FBPA #BLM 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪🤝 (@Andy Ballingall #FBPA #BLM 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪🤝) 1580591053
Oh dear. Dan still doesn’t understand transition. https://t.co/RxDk4t4CiM— Anand Menon (@Anand Menon) 1580591741
@DanielJHannan Transition period innit— Shelagh Fogarty 💚 (@Shelagh Fogarty 💚) 1580589580
@DanielJHannan One day in and things are the same because we are still in the customs union, but now we have no say… https://t.co/k3c3EdVSu0— Danny Wallace (@Danny Wallace) 1580584413
Apparently three and a half years isn't long enough to understand the difference between 'No Deal' and 'Transition… https://t.co/RFXCe2AIQZ— Parody Boris Johnson (@Parody Boris Johnson) 1580588201
Hannan did seem to offer some sort of response to the critics, labelling them a 'doomsday cult.'
First the crash was going to come immediately after the vote. Then when Article 50 was triggered. Then when we lef… https://t.co/gjBoBhp6BL— Daniel Hannan (@Daniel Hannan) 1580585392
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