'Hanging around like a BAD SMELL' Nick Ferrari berates Tony Blair over EU migration U-turn
RADIO host Nick Ferrari ripped into Tony Blair after he called for tougher immigration controls, accusing the former Prime Minister of “hanging around like a bad smell”.
Ferrari: Blair needs to stop hanging around like a bad smell
Speaking during his LBC show, the outspoken broadcaster slammed the staunch Remainer for urging the Government to implement tough new restrictions on immigration after he admitted "times had changed" since he opened the door to European migrants during his premiership.
The explosive rant comes after Mr Blair rejected restrictions on immigration when eight countries from eastern Europe joined the EU in 2004 – a decision which he admitted "led to Brexit".
Ferrari said: “This is the man who presided over opening the gates. Other countries put in a stay when the European Union extended eastwards. He said we didn't need one, not that many will come, around 13,000. I think they stopped counting when it got to about 700,000.
Nick Ferrari took aim at Tony Blair over his latest comments on Brexit
He was virtually tongue-kissing Juncker when he saw him last week
"Can you imagine what would have been said if, on his watch, that idea been put for when these people arrive from Eastern Europe, they're not allowed to get into the health service, they're not allowed to get the same level of benefits, they're not allowed to send the money back to their families in Bulgaria and Poland and Latvia.
“Can you imagine what would have happened? We'd have all been told we were racists.”
The presenter then accused the former leader of “virtually tongue-kissing” President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker in a ploy to reverse Brexit.
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He continued: ”But now in this zeal to get Britain to reconsider and obviously to go back into the EU – that's why he was virtually tongue-kissing Juncker when he saw him last week, that's what it's all about, he's determined to do.
"Look, undoubtedly a very bright man. You know what, your day has come. Just accept it.
"Do what the bloke who comments on cricket did on Saturday, Henry Blofeld, he left at the top of his game. Even the crowd cheered him. That's what you do, you don't keep hanging around like a bad smell."