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Nigel Farage: “All of Europe should leave the EU”
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Nigel Farage is in a party mood – the founder of the Brexit Party has been waiting eagerly for this day
Credit: AFP / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS
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The night in London turns into a celebration of joy for the ore Brexiteers. Not only Nigel Farage celebrates the long-awaited Brexit. The “Maastricht rebels” also cheer the exit from the EU.
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NNot even 40 chairs fit on the first floor of the “Red Lion”, the pub just opposite Downing Street. The innkeeper closed that evening, because it could be too wild on the streets of Westminster, where after 47 years the end of EU membership is celebrated and mourned after 47 years. But the room above the bar can be reached through a side door if you are on the guest list or have received one of the few cards. The Brexit-delighted audience wants to see three stars of this British hour zero: Allison Pearson, an author also known in Germany and a pro-Brexit columnist who is fervent for the “Daily Telegraph”. Mark Francois, spearhead of the hardliners in the Tory faction with pronounced antipathy for Germany. And of course Mister Brexit, Nigel Farage.
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“We almost went to the banana republic because we could not implement the will of the people,” says Pearson happily and warmed up with gin & tonic for this historic evening. “If the sun comes up tomorrow morning, then we will be a free country,” said MP Francois. And Nigel Farage reveals what his secret of success was: “I always knew if we could combine immigration with our EU membership – then we could win”.
“I will do anything to overthrow this empire”
For the former head of the anti-EU party Ukip and founder of the Brexit Party, the mission does not end on January 31, 2020. Farage’s path should lead back to the continent, as he explains when asked. “I already have invitations from capitals in Europe to speak there.”
Since the French and Dutch rejected the European Constitution in 2005 and Brussels has “forced” the EU Treaty of Lisbon on the EU, “I have been certain that not only the UK but all of Europe should leave the EU. And I will do everything I can to overthrow this empire. ”If Brexit is a success, Farage said, it will be an easy task.
It’s getting louder outside on Whitehall. In the drizzle, with little winter temperatures, more and more people gather in Parliament Square. Most of them are tourists and onlookers who want to experience this historic moment at the site of political decision-making battles. The core of the Brexit fans gathered in front of the stage, waving the flag.
The “bastards” have achieved their goal
In a few minutes you will cross Westminster Bridge into a detached luxury hotel, where the Bow Group celebrates the longed-for day. Founded in 1951, it is the oldest think tank of the Conservative Party, but above all the political home of the “bastards”. That was what Prime Minister John Major used to call those MPs who rebelled against the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 and made Major hell life. Now, almost 30 years later, they are there.
A few dozen ore Brexiteers, wearing ties or flies in the national colors, the majority of whom have reached retirement age and are waiting for 11 p.m. UK time. An older lady even made a hat with the letters “Maastricht rebels are heroes.”
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Celebrations take place in London – this is the moment the “Maastrich rebels” have been waiting for since 1992
Source: Stefanie Bolzen
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Alan Sked is sitting at a table. He is something like Bernd Lucke of the British Eurosceptics. Until a few years ago, professor at the London School of Economics, Sked founded Ukip in 1993 and was Farage’s chairman. “I will give the EU five more years,” he is convinced. “Now that Germany is facing an economic crisis, the euro will not last long.” John Redwood is also among this special audience, omnipresent face of the very hard Brexit supporters in the lower house. Before he goes out onto Westminster Bridge like the others to witness the Brexit moment at Big Ben at eleven, Redwood waves a Union Jack and calls into the hall: “We will very soon remind the world what this flag stands for . “
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