‘They’re like drug dealers!’: Tearful anti-Brexit caller doesn’t feel he belongs to a country anymore

23 May 2023, 13:41 | Updated: 23 May 2023, 14:16

Distraught caller says he feels like he hasn't got a country anymore

Madeleine Wilson

By Madeleine Wilson

James O'Brien hears from a caller who says that the Brexit referendum "took his rights away". 

James O’Brien heard from this caller who said that the Brexit agreement had “taken his identity away”.

He said: “Before 2016, I wasn’t involved in politics - I haven’t stopped since the referendum. “They took my rights, they took my citizenship away.

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“The European Union is the only thing that fits.”

The call comes after, appearing on BBC's Newsnight on Monday, Nigel Farage said: "We're regulating our own businesses even more than they were as EU members. Brexit has failed."

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He continued to tell James: “I haven’t got a country anymore…I haven’t got anything!”

James said: “You do. I mean it’s our country.”

He quickly replied: “Just because I’ve got a passport, I don’t feel I belong here!”

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He went on: “I’ve been fighting for seven years on this. You, know, we’ve got to do something!

“We’ve got to get these Brexit pushers, they’re like drug dealers!”

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