EP Brexit coordinator, Guy Verhofstadt, goes on the attack against Brexiteers. He starts, of course, with Boris Johnson, branding the former Foreign Secretary's plan to build a bridge to Northern Ireland 'insane'. He quips: 'Mr Johnson is more known for burning bridges.'
Next in his sights is Jacob Rees-Mogg, who is 'saying I have the proposal for the future of Brexit, the ordinary citizens can be secured, their savings will be secure, and in the meanwhile he's opening himself an investment fund in Ireland to transfer his money to Ireland.'
And of course Jeremy Hunt (who voted Remain) gets it too over his comparison of the EU to the Soviet Union. The Hof jokes: 'He once confused Japan with China so that is not a first time this is happening. The previous time he was insulting his wife but here it was far different.'
Verhofstadt ends rejecting the UK's new immigration system, to be unveiled today, saying the EU will 'never accept discrimination based on skills and on nationality'. He also dismisses suggestions Article 50 could be extended: 'It's a very bad idea. Enough mess has been created.'
