A “Thatcherite Scottish Tory” who lives in France will become one of the Brexit party’s first MEPs after a strong showing in north-east England. He was one of two Brexit party candidates to win in the north-east. The region’s third seat was retained by Labour’s Jude Kirton-Darling, who said Monteith’s French address showed “the hypocrisy of the Brexit party”. “When the people of the north-east wake up and find their chief representative is a Thatcherite Scottish Tory who lives in France they may regret it,” he said. I’ve had to convince Labour party members to vote for us … Our voters don’t want a Tory Brexit.

Source: The Guardian May 26, 2019 22:32 UTC