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Andy Gregory
May 27, 2019
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From calling Donald Trump a “wasteman” to becoming Sheffield’s youngest mayor, there are lots of reasons to love "Magic Magid".
The Green Party councillor who moved to Britain from an embattled Somalia when he was five became a member of the European Parliament last night.
And as we’ve come to expect, he did it in style.
“We did it. Today is about a Green Wave cascading through Europe & landing on the shores of Yorkshire for the first time. We’re just getting started,” he wrote on Twitter…
…while posing candidly with what appears to be a milkshake.
Magid Magid, 29, was one of seven Green MEPs to be elected after he stepped down as mayor last month.
In a night dominated by the 2016 referendum, where both the Brexit Party and pro-People's Vote parties swept the board, someone made this great point:
Ten years ago, Yorkshire and the Humber elected a BNP MEP. Its now elected Magid Magid. If that isn't a reason for… https://t.co/xsXqgy4XwO— Will Patterson 🇪🇺🏳️🌈 (@Will Patterson 🇪🇺🏳️🌈) 1558910620
While the Brexit Party won the largest share of the vote in Sheffield, the Greens and Lib Dems appeared to split the Remain vote.
Sheffield I fucking love you! So proud! 👊🏾💚 https://t.co/AFmMrLjJiG— 🚀MΛG!D (@🚀MΛG!D) 1558906199
Needless to say, people were delighted.
My mother (75) frantically Whatsapping me; she's SO excited that @MagicMagid might just have pulled it off. Kids st… https://t.co/Kce4yXm9IY— Mother Christmas (@Mother Christmas) 1558906800
2 very elderly people ( 85/ 90+) helping each other up the 3 stairs into the polling starion. She turned to him hav… https://t.co/fVtk6PwKCM— Caroline Mitchell Appelqvist #defendwindrush 🌈 😷 (@Caroline Mitchell Appelqvist #defendwindrush 🌈 😷) 1558648734
Magic Majid in. Not-so-magic Batten out. Even in these dark times there is some good news. https://t.co/yG18mllAK4— Daniel Rigal 🇪🇺 (@Daniel Rigal 🇪🇺) 1558913086
While many were loving the milkshake...
@K_47 ha ha, this man is a national treasure 💚— Steve Lloyd 💚 (@Steve Lloyd 💚) 1558909828
@K_47 Mate, *drinking* the milkshake is so last year 😉— Owen Blacker (@Owen Blacker) 1558912422
...Others saw a bit of a disconnect.
@K_47 Absolutely brilliant Magid! But what’s with the McD‘s milkshake and plastic straw??! As an MEP now - esp a Gr… https://t.co/OOwaGl8GhN— Dina (@Dina) 1558921083
@K_47 @MagicMagid I'm sure he won't usually support MuckyDs. 😉 Get with the organics you Green MEP. 💚— A.Sentient (@A.Sentient) 1558918623
But while many people saw the "Green wave" as a sign that climate breakdown was reaching the top of the national agenda, this was quite possibly the hottest take on Magid's election.
@mikeysmith Can he now ban Trump from the whole of Europe?— Jo 💙 (@Jo 💙) 1558910748
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