‘Another Remoaner hissy fit!’ Boris ‘completely right’ over Brexit comments
Brendan O'Neill on Johnson's Brexit and Ukraine comments
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The Prime Minister has faced criticism after saying it was the “instinct of the people of this country, like the people of Ukraine, to choose freedom”, with the Brexit vote a “famous recent example”. But commentator Brendan O’Neill insisted the backlash was “another Remoaner hissy fit”.
Mr O’Neill told Dan Wootton’s GB News show: “The hissy fits never end, another Remoaner hissy fit, it’s an endless process at this point and I think they are completely wrong about Boris’ comments.
“He didn’t actually compare voting for Brexit to fighting in Ukraine, he didn’t make that comparison.
“All he was saying is that people around the world long for freedom and independence and people in Britain, like people in Ukraine, want to be free and then he gave our vote for Brexit as an example of our desire for freedom.”
He added: “I think he was completely right, and in fact what is in common between Brexit and the fight in Ukraine is that both of them, in very different ways, are fights for national sovereignty.
“We were lucky enough to be able to peacefully vote for national sovereignty when we chose to leave the EU with no stress and violence, the Ukrainian people tragically have to fight very hard indeed for their own national sovereignty but there is a connection between people around the world that want their nations to be free.
“I think the reason the Remoaner elites kicked up such a fuss is because they know he has a point when he says that the vote for Brexit is a vote for freedom and so is the fight in Ukraine.”
Mr Johnson made the comments about Ukraine and Brexit in his speech to the Tory spring conference in Blackpool last Saturday.
The Prime Minister said: “I know that it’s the instinct of the people of this country, like the people of Ukraine, to choose freedom, every time.
“I can give you a couple of famous recent examples.
“When the British people voted for Brexit in such large, large numbers, I don’t believe it was because they were remotely hostile to foreigners.
“It’s because they wanted to be free to do things differently and for this country to be able to run itself.”
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The other example given by the Prime Minister was the British people’s willingness to voluntarily get vaccinated against Covid because they “wanted to get on with their lives” and “were fed up with being told what to do by people like me”.
But Mr Johnson’s comments sparked a furious reaction from some.
Former European Council president, Donald Tusk, said the Prime Minister’s words “offend Ukrainians, the British and common sense”.
Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt, a leading critic of Brexit in Brussels, said the remarks were “insane”.
Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Ed Davey, said the Prime Minister “is a national embarrassment”, adding: “To compare a referendum to women and children fleeing Putin’s bombs is an insult to every Ukrainian.
“He is no Churchill. He is Basil Fawlty.”
Labour has called on Mr Johnson to apologise to both Ukrainians and Britons.
Tory chairman of the Defence Select Committee Tobias Ellwood said Mr Johnson’s comparison “damages the standard of statecraft” being exhibited in the response to the invasion.
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