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If you thought Brexit is being badly handled then spare a thought (or not) for the people who conceived and organised the Leave Means Leave march.
The literal walk across the country against the delay of Brexit took off from Sunderland last Saturday with a small group of people making their way to London.
Nigel Farage, who had promoted the march and was presumably the face of it, failed to complete even a single day of the trek and has since been appearing on TV moaning incessantly about Brexit.
Given the small number of participants taking part in the walk, Farage has been taking some flak for what must be a pretty embarrassing moment for the former UKIP leader.
Attempting to make the whole situation look a little bit better Farage appeared on the BBC Radio 4 Todayand came up with a very fanciful way to make the march look more appealing.
The Brexit Party MEP was asked by presenter Mishal Husain how many people he believed would be at the march when it came to a conclusion next weekend.
I don't know. In spirit, I should think about 20 million right now. Something like that.
It doesn't really matter does it. Its the symbolism of it that matters.
Quite where he came up with that figure is a little beyond us but he did claim that 'more and more people are supporting Brexit every day' which is funny as there is currently a petition that has more than 2.5 million signatures on it calling for the UK to remain in the EU.
This also isn't too long after Farage had bragged about the People's Vote campaign reportedly sharing false figures on the number of people that took part in a second referendum rally in October.
People’s Vote lied about the number of supporters at their rally in London. Hardly surprising, the pro-EU lobby hav… https://t.co/bd9aCYlm1Y— Nigel Farage (@Nigel Farage) 1546768736
Needless to say, Farage's bold claim on BBC radio made for a great source of ridicule and mockery.
Nigel Farage: "People's vote march got their numbers slightly wrong THIS IS AN OUTRAGE" Also Nigel Farage: "I real… https://t.co/BEU6010E4U— James Felton (@James Felton) 1553249655
@JimMFelton He's counting the ghosts of the core kipper membership— Nathan Dennis (@Nathan Dennis) 1553249783
@BBCr4today What a fantastically vague and unaccountable claim. Please stop interviewing him. He’s the leader of n… https://t.co/da9jaXFTY5— Neil Emery (@Neil Emery) 1553245781
@BBCr4today @Nigel_Farage Southend United are a Premier League football team “in spirit”— James Welham 💙 (@James Welham 💙) 1553245971
@BBCr4today @Nigel_Farage Does that include the deceased?— Dr Ralph Norton (@Dr Ralph Norton) 1553245636
@BBCr4today @Nigel_Farage Sunlit uplands, unicorns, and now we have 20 million faerie Leavers fluttering above a be… https://t.co/MNOvAapc8T— Brexit Truth 💙 (@Brexit Truth 💙) 1553253421
Nigel Farage setting a lively pace ‘in spirit’ at the head of his 20 million marchers. #MarchToLeave https://t.co/OBwSGSg6rd— Parody Boris Johnson (@Parody Boris Johnson) 1553253413
If things couldn't get any worse for the arch-Brexiteer, Lib Dem MEP Catherine Bearder tweeted a picture of Farage in the Sky News studio on Friday morning, whilst '20 million' of his brave cohorts are valiantly marching for Brexit.
@BBCr4today @Nigel_Farage Here’s Farage this morning, on the march ‘in spirit’ (from the comfort of a Sky news stud… https://t.co/vTvC35EoD6— Catherine Bearder-former MEP🔶🕷 (@Catherine Bearder-former MEP🔶🕷) 1553247747
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