Nigel Farage complained about Von Der Leyen election win – but should have checked the numbers
A milkshake on his suit: But is it better or worse than having metaphorical egg on his face?
Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen has been narrowly elected president of the EU Commission following a secret ballot among MEPs, the BBC reported.
She was confirmed by a margin of 383 votes to 327. She needed the backing of 374 out of 747 MEPs to win.
Among those who weren’t impressed was Nigel Farage, leader of the Brexit Party.
This Writer has a nagging concern that the real reason for his disdain may be the fact that he has spent decades claiming that members of the Commission are unelected.
But worse was to come for the hapless Brexit braggart, as Georgina Lee explained:
She won with 52% of the vote pic.twitter.com/Wuo1RiD0Lw
— Georgina Lee (@lee_georgina) July 17, 2019
Struggling to comprehend the significance?
Well, the Leave faction won the EU membership referendum in 2016 with – guess what? – 51.89 per cent of the vote.
What was that you were saying about “no legitimacy” again, Nigel?
Source: Von der Leyen elected EU Commission head after MEPs vote – BBC News
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Asked who elected him the leader of the Brexit Party his response was he did!! Reads like a bad Victorian novel
She lost, Nigel. Get over it!
What part of “She’s President of the EU” don’t these Brex-moaners get?
Farage is a fascist and a fraud. His financial dealings should be thoroughly investigated by the Serious Fraud Office.