“I genuinely don’t think Mr Barnier has heard the views of the 17.4 million people who stood up against the establishment,” Farage told listeners. However, the Ukip MEP’s claim to be the voice of the leave campaign has been given short shrift by Barnier’s officials. Stefaan De Rynck, Barnier’s righthand man, told Farage to “tone it down” , noting that he was hardly the first to represent leave voters, as Barnier meets the British government “all the time”. Stefaan De Rynck (@StefaanDeRynck) Tone it down @Nigel_Farage you are hardly the first to represent leave voters to @MichelBarnier who meets @GOVUK all the time and met @CommonsEUexit @LordsEUCom with plenty of #AskBarnier already. Farage has promised to ask Barnier three questions sent in by British voters after launching an appeal for topics on Twitter.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2018 12:33 UTC