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  • as expected, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to back boys Johnson's Brexit deal But there was a motion of plenty in Brussels today.

  • Green Any p Molly Scott Kato got a standing ovation for a tearful speech in which he urged those present to keep alive the dream of Britain.

  • One they re joining the U you are Nigel Farage took advantage of all of his last chances to be the fly in the EU's opened, predicting that once we have left, we're never coming back.

  • The party is such is over the bunting coming down in block em off the European Parliament building Just packing up my books.

  • Books.

  • So this is it.

  • This is it.

  • Stop!

  • Brexit Post, Why are you still going?

  • Well, it's a nice memento way.

  • Do you have the biggest pro European movement of any member state that way have built that it feels really solved this week, you know, walking away from a job which we're just getting used Thio, which feels really important.

  • And, you know, we've seen the work we can do here and how exciting that is and how important it is to the UK.

  • So when we walk out the door.

  • Britain has no more voice here, no seat at the table and that that's where a very sort of physical, visceral sort of example of what?

  • That what that is and what that means.

  • And that's really hard talking of physical, this role at almost the very same time.

  • On another floor, Mr Brexit himself was preparing for one last victory.

  • Applause by the ways from his own any peace, one final bath and the limelight of an institution.

  • He has made it his mission to destroy.

  • You have managed to change the course of British politics, perhaps more than anyone else, without ever having managed to get elected to the Westminster Parliament.

  • So would you now in your hour of departure, acknowledge that Brexit would probably never have happened if you hadn't had the stage off this parliament to permit your campaign?

  • Some would argue, you know, that I was overly theatrical.

  • Some would say that I haven't it up a bit for the benefit of you cheap and those critics, those cynical critics would be entirely right, because that's exactly what I did.

  • So, yes, the irony is, none of this would ever have happened if we hadn't come to this place?

  • Absolutely.

  • For some, it's liberation for other self banishment.

  • For all a slice of history, no country has ever voted to remove its own flag from the club.

  • Little and the second biggest member.

  • We now leave a 66 million citizen sized hole in the union, and then the card is a power.

  • Very mixed feelings.

  • I could cry because we had deep friendship with a lot off people from Great Britain.

  • Very sad indeed, because it's very hard for me as an M e p to think about the new and the European Parliament without you.

  • I'm happy that a majority in the European Parliament will accept the decision made by the British people.

  • But I'm also sad that the European Union turned into a project that a majority of people in Britain apparently does not like.

  • There is the European Union to blame for our departure.

  • Yes, a few hours later in the chamber, the gloves were coming off through the brexiteers.

  • I could say no hard feelings.

  • You have achieved your objective.

  • You enter a new face, the most difficult one.

  • We will have no one to blame for the future off your country.

  • Especially not Brussels.

  • You are in charge.

  • But trust me, if some of you think that the next phase is the weakening of the U, we will prove you dead wrong over to the man who loves to channel his British bulldog.

  • No more being bullet.

  • No more G for off, stat.

  • I mean, what's not to like?

  • I know you're gonna miss us.

  • I know you want to ban our national flags, but we're gonna wave you goodbye.

  • I will look forward in the future to working with you as sovereign.

  • If you disobey the rules, you get cut off.

  • Could we please remove the flags?

  • Move!

  • It's gone.

  • I'm really pleased to turn.

  • Resume your seat.

  • Put your flags away.

  • You're leaving and take them with you.

  • If you are leaving now.

  • Goodbye and good riddance.

  • Some here might have added a brief interlude of unruliness before the chamber's final farewell on, As you can see on the doorstep just behind me of the European Parliament.

  • Nigel Farraj.

  • Any P no longer in a few days appearing on the doorstep one last time, really relishing this moment.

  • And he says he wants to he couldn't be happier to leave the European Union, but he clearly likes these moments in the limelight.

  • He had a press conference today.

  • Then he had his moment in the European Parliament on this final farewell on the doorsteps off the building.

  • When he leaves that doorstep in a few minutes time, he will leave.

  • He hopes, he says, never to return again.

  • Well, Earlier, I spoke to the president of the European Parliament, David so solid, who presided over that final momentous vote to hear his thoughts on Britain's departure.

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  • No, really.

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  • That was David so slowly.

  • The Italian president of the European Parliament, speaking to me earlier today.

  • Well, joining me now here in the forecourt of the Parliament are the M.

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  • Alex Phillips of the Brexit Party had said Dance of Labour, Thanks to both of you for coming here.

  • You've just seen the procession of Nigel Farraj.

  • Leave the stage.

  • How do you feel today, Alex?

  • Mixed emotions, actually.

  • Believe it or not, I mean part of me.

  • It feels a bit underwhelming, I think for us the big events going to be Friday back on home turf in London.

  • But even though I mean I personally been working towards this for 13 years, there's a degree of melon Kolia as well, because it's saying goodbye to colleagues to a team that we've built, albeit for only six months.

  • So I do actually have sympathy with a fellow in movies like Seb who have been here much longer because in any job, in any environment you form strong bonds.

  • And I think especially in politics when you're in the trenches together.

  • So there's going to be that personal emotional side, although, of course, for me it's a victory as well.

  • But I do have sympathy with my fellow MBPs dance.

  • Do you feel Alex is sympathy?

  • I'm feeling it now.

  • Yeah, I mean, there's been so much expression.

  • Well, I don't you know, I actually met you properly before, so I have no idea if it's genuine or not, but it's very gratefully received.

  • But there's been a lot of war from fellow colleagues, and you know, it's been a very emotional day, but you feel sad.

  • Of course I feel absolutely, but I mean it's no, you see a lot of the conversations have focused on What's it like to lose the job?

  • Okay, it's a great job on I've enjoyed doing it.

  • I think I've done it well, but that's for others to determine.

  • But it's not.

  • The job is the sense of identity.

  • We are losing something so precious, so core to what a lot of us believe in that it's nice to hear the recognition of sympathy because from a lot of people on the winning side, or we've had his Ramona's traitors, you lost Get over it.

  • And quite frankly, it's been a terrible way to celebrate a victory.

  • It is amazing that both of you look roughly come from the same generation you could be.

  • You could be brother and sister on this particular living on this particular issue, you are fundamentally, ideologically and emotionally divided.

  • How do you explain that?

  • Listen in politics, most people get involved in politics because they want to do good for their country.

  • They just have different visions of how that good is achieved in the route to take.

  • So I have utmost respect for people across the political divide on, I firmly believe I'm a globalist, really.

  • Believe it or not.

  • I've lived across Africa.

  • I've lived in India and I I see that the UK is bright futures outside of a protectionist block.

  • But at the same time, for people like SEB who actually value this this institution here and think that that's the right way.

  • Well, the's entitles that opinion.

  • At the end of the day, democracy happened.

  • We had a referendum.

  • The British people came down on my side.

  • But I don't think there's any need to be triumphalist over people's noses in it.

  • You have to have respect that.

  • We saw Nigel Farraj yet again.

  • You know, you probably smelled jeering in the Parliament.

  • There was that really necessary.

  • We have a bit of fun with it.

  • Look, I think sometimes what we do in the European Parliament is not ready to similar to what goes on back at home.

  • So they're a little bit.

  • They're a little bit stiff over here, and it's very easy.

  • I think that sometimes get under the skin, but the uncertainty for me.

  • I try and do things in a good natured spirit, and it's sometimes all too easy to get them wild.

  • I think Look at the end of day.

  • If we've offended people, I'm sorry for that.

  • But I don't think there's a part of you know the Parliament is going to miss the Brexit co Hawks.

  • If I did a bit of liveliness into what's otherwise quite a sterile environment, I think the Brits have added a lot in terms of the way in which parliamentary procedure.

  • Of course, it was Richard Corbett, leader of the parliamentary Labour Party, your apartment to a party who introduced the concept of interrupting speeches and being able to contribute.

  • That didn't happen before.

  • There's a bit more like Westminster debate.

  • But my God, this is so much more grown up than Westminster.

  • It's not an adversarial them in us, you know, either in power or in opposition, you have to work with others from other countries from other political groups.

  • We could learn so much from this institution.

  • Okay, so the president of the European Parliament told me today that if we ever wanted to come back, we would.

  • However, the Labour Party now seems to be resigned to the fact that it's never gonna come Well, I'm not going to speak for the current leadership of the Labour Party suffice to say that they that they abandoned the field When you're in a crucial time, it's not over.

  • Basically, who knows what will happen?

  • We're in the same position now.

  • It's not over.

  • We're in the same Well, obviously we're leaving.

  • I'm not fantasist, but the idea of us rejoining is not such a kn out, land ish idea.

  • If you look back to 2016 nobody said it was remotely feasible that there would be a people's vote or whatever.

  • We came within 12 parliamentary votes.

  • That's only six people changing their mind in December off that people's votes.

  • So I think who knows what will happen?

  • But certainly those of us who believe it's in our interests and we'll do it democratically.

  • Of course, if we believe it's in our interest and we should be able thio morning your eyes that I was holding my eye does not see wonderful.

  • Interesting.

  • No, no, no.

  • Listen, I think that you've got to see through the result of this referendum.

  • Let's put it to the test.

  • Let's see if we do have a great future outside you.

  • I'm positive we do, and I think in 10 years time you won't find people admitting, devoting remain.

  • That's my opinion.

  • But listen, the mood of the country changes.

  • I see nothing wrong, actually, because I'm a Democrat, I see what you've got to.

  • You've got to actually put in place a result of referendum and do it first.

  • Larger garage.

  • Today in the press conference, he's no diversity idea off another referendum in a few years.

  • Time to confirm what we've done, rather like in the night while they were here saying is reflective, what I'm saying, which is?

  • Look, if you know, let's put Brexit in place.

  • Let's see what we do.

  • Let's see if we can report these benefits of being an independent nation if then 5 10 years There's a big movement in the country when there's a change of government on the population.

  • Say we've changed our minds and want to have another vote.

  • Then, of course, I'm a Democrat.

  • You do that, but I don't think that's going to happen.

  • I think I've got an incredibly positive future.

  • Can I ask you briefly?

  • Your party has done what it says on the tin.

  • Are you not going to give up?

  • Get rid of the party.

  • It's folded up.

  • It is being mothballed, of course, because we had a purpose and we fulfill that purpose.

  • And, in fact like don't want to see the Brexit party resurrected because if it is resurrected, it means that something's gone terribly wrong with backs it with following the rules without any say, How is that your purpose field?

  • Is that what you want?

  • You on that transition period?

  • It's a nightmare, and I don't like that, That's all that's our outcome.

  • But that was the deal negotiated by Theresa May with a little lipstick on.

  • It was a little lipstick on the Boris Johnson's applied.

  • I think what you've got to say.

  • That deal is now inevitable.

  • It would look very sort of sour face to turn round and appear to be trying to thwart the difference.

  • No, but I agree with you on that.

  • But look, the public have said they voted Boris Johnson and by a majority okay, so they're quite content with what's on the table.

  • Were saying Okay, democratically.

  • The people have said this is what we want to happen.

  • Let's give it a go.

  • Unlike I said, the party will be back 3% of people voted for parties that wanted the people's vote.

  • So this idea that this is a popular vote for Brexit, I think is rather I think you can slice and dice numerical.

  • You know Sofala Ji.

  • As you wish.

  • At the end of the day, we have to parliamentary systems.

  • Okay, slice and dice.

  • We're going to slice you and ended here.

  • Thank you very much to both of you for coming up.

as expected, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to back boys Johnson's Brexit deal But there was a motion of plenty in Brussels today.

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