Nigel Farage is not a man who has ever let facts get in the way of gut feelings and he remains adamant the United Kingdom is a “leave country” despite polls suggesting the opposite is true.
Speaking to Sky’s Sophie Ridge on Sunday, the leader of the Brexit Party had this to say:
We've got a leave country, that hasn't changed one little bit.
Naturally, he didn’t provide a shred of evidence to back up the claim and it proved even more ironic considering that it came just a day after 'one million' people marched in London for a Final Say vote.
Speaking about Boris Johnson’s failure to get his new deal through parliament over the weekend, Farage added:
I'll warn everybody. If this treaty goes through nothing will have changed at all. I think far better to have a short delay and a general election where we might solve this.
'I think it's far better to have a short delay to leaving the EU' says Brexit party leader, Nigel Farage. #Ridge… https://t.co/fXyF07kafS— Trevor Phillips on Sunday (@Trevor Phillips on Sunday) 1571558609
As you might expect, people were keen to share their thoughts.
Farage now wants to *delay* for an election, rather than leave on 31 Oct. There is no sane person on the planet w… https://t.co/ySbdAeMezX— Joe Jervis (@Joe Jervis) 1571559400
"We´ve got a Leave country", says Farage, who obviously didn´t look out of the window, or see any news or online me… https://t.co/oXBBnSsSwy— BremainInSpain (@BremainInSpain) 1571559851
@RidgeOnSunday 😂 when you’re through the looking glass...— Geoff Wilton (@Geoff Wilton) 1571558682
@RidgeOnSunday @SkyNews I haven’t the faintest notion of his motivation for this. Although I can’t help but think h… https://t.co/SpHCvD6Do6— Hughbiquitous (@Hughbiquitous) 1571559121
HT New European
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