A UK businessman says he was "very frightened" after he was detained at London's Gatwick Airport because he was wearing an anti-Brexit badge. Eddie Brinsmead-Stockham had arrived back in the UK from a holiday in Portugal when he approached passport control. But on approaching passport control, he was told to take the badge off as it was "offensive". READ MORE:* Brexit: UK leader Theresa May makes final push on EU divorce deal* Brexit: UK MPs defeat all eight options in parliament* Brexit: UK PM says she will quit 'after Brexit delivered'* Brexit: UK government defiant as Parliament takes controlWhen Brinsmead-Stockham refused, the officer took his passport and brought him to a detention room. Brinsmead-Stockham told the BBC: "I had never encountered that sort of belligerence at passport control before.

Source: Stuff March 28, 2019 20:26 UTC