'THANK GOODNESS we're off the Titanic' Farage hails Brexit 'lifeboat' & slams Theresa May
NIGEL FARAGE has likened Brexit to escaping the sinking Titanic on a lifeboat before branding the UK’s political system a “farce”.
Nigel Farage likens Brexit to escaping the sinking Titanic
The former Ukip leader slammed EU lawmakers and the idea that the UK has “not been doing too badly” as part of the bloc, citing issues affecting the fishing industry.
Speaking to presenter Paul Ross on talkRADIO, Mr Farage insisted it was the right time to exit the European Union despite elections in Germany and France next year.
He said: “You know what else they’ve got coming up next year? The Eurozone crisis. It hasn’t gone away – in fact in many ways, the situation in the Mediterranean is even worse than it was, which I think was one of the main reasons Italians rejected the referendum and got rid of their Prime Minister.
“Europe is in one hell of a mess – thank goodness we got onto a lifeboat off the Titanic and I can’t think of a better time for us to have done it.
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Europe is in one hell of a mess – thank goodness we got onto a lifeboat off the Titanic and I can’t think of a better time for us to have done it
“The bottom line is that we [should] govern our own country, that is what we voted for.”
Ross suggested that Britain already “governed” itself through general elections and its MPs.
But the Brexiteer hit back: “No, no, no, it’s a farce, it’s been a farce for decades – that’s what I’ve been saying to people.
“Actually, in general elections over the last couple of decades, what we’ve been doing is voting for a change of management – not for a change of government.
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“Why? Because 75 per cent of our laws are made somewhere else. Why? Because our own Supreme Court can be overruled by the European Court of Justice.”
Mr Farage called on the Government to make use of his relationship with Donald Trump to ensure strong trade links with the US post-Brexit.
He insisted the President-elect was open to talks with the UK but claimed “the boss” Theresa May was not interested.
"This new president loves the United Kingdom, thinks that Brexit is a great thing to do, and he wants to talk to us,” he said.
"You would have thought... that the Government would have wanted some kind of debrief [after my meeting with Trump],” he said. “When I tried to speak to people, they are less than willing, the boss doesn’t want them to.
"I would happily do anything I can to help, but I think where I specifically could really help this country is with the incoming administration in America.
"I’m talking about a proper working relationship between two of the greatest nations of the world who sadly under [Barack] Obama have seen that relationship decline."