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Remainers turn on the EU

Justin Welby (photo: Getty)

Tonight we have witnessed some remarkably bad behaviour from the EU, after the bloc unilaterally announced that it was controlling the exports of vaccines from its territory – a move that threatens to introduce a hard border on the island of Ireland.

But perhaps more surprising is that the EU’s poor behaviour has even managed to convince some die-hard Remainers that the apex of civilisation no longer resides in Brussels. And while some prominent anti-Brexit campaigners appear to prefer to stay silent today, it appears that the EU’s continent-wide tantrum over its inability to procure vaccines has almost united the country in disgust.

Below are a handful of surprising new additions to the Euro-sceptic cause. (Interestingly, Mr S notes that former People’s Vote front-man Keir Starmer has been very quiet this afternoon.)

https://twitter.com/JustinWelby/status/1355249805941993474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/adamboultonSKY/status/1355220026052276226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/simoncoveney/status/1355236791339659266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/timfarron/status/1355258536910086153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/davidschneider/status/1354807696088723456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1355228403172044811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/johnestevens/status/1355270674881908739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/danbloom1/status/1355270869942210561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/carlbildt/status/1355204930873794562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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