Nigel Farage Irexit speech interrupted by Remainer protestor waving EU flag
The brazen pro-EU campaigner stood at the end of rows of seats of people who had gathered to watch Mr Farage as he delivered an ‘Irexit’ in conference at the RDS in Dublin. But crowds began to boo and cry “traitor” as the anti-Brexit protestor defiantly waved his EU flag. The video shows one audience member, who was less than impressed, as he rose from his seat to angrily point at the protestor and shout at him to leave. As the situation escalated,, security bosses quickly ordered the protestor to leave.
GETTY/TWITTER An anti-Brexit campaigner crashed Nigel Farage's Irexit speech
As the man was escorted out of the buildig, the audience erupted into a raptrous round of applause. Speaking at the ‘Irexit: Freedom to Prosper’ conference along with a number of other Irish commentators including Cormac Lucey and John Waters, the MEP recalled the austerity of the post-2008 European bailout of the Irish state and urged citizens to rebel against Brussels. The MEP said: "What on earth is going on in the politics of this country? "How much more humiliated can the Irish nation be than for years being run by the Troika?"
TWITTER The protestor was ordered to leave
Ireland's spending plans were scrutinised by representatives of the European Commission, European Central Bank and IMF, known as the Troika, and strict spending cuts imposed. Nigel Farage added: "The indignity, a few years back, of your budget being seen by the German government before it was put to the Dail." EU funding has helped Ireland overhaul its infrastructure and benefited its agriculture enormously. Mr Farage said the country was not even a net beneficiary of EU funding any more.
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He told a sizeable conference of supporters: "You are paying into the European budget and your Taoiseach said in Strasbourg the other week he is happy for Ireland to pay even more into the European budget. "Are you pleased about that?" Leo Varadkar said he was "open" to contributing more for things which advance the "European ideal" such as structural funds for Central and Eastern Europe to help them unlock economic potential. But Mr Farage said: "The perception of the media across Europe is that Ireland is very pro-European, very servile to the demands of Brussels.
PA Farage is urging Ireland to leave the EU