1/10/2023 0 Comments Roger daltrey brexit![]() ![]() And that was before Boris Johnson’s landslide election victory killed off the prospects of a second referendum. That’s the rise of the c**** trying to get the vote overturned,” said Oasis’ Noel Gallagher. “There’s only f***ing one thing worse than a fool who voted for Brexit. Some people keep going on about it – but I’m not going to bother saying: ‘I told you so’.”Īcceptance, even if you don’t like the result, is now the prevailing message. Lineker has now admitted defeat telling the Guardian this week that: “It’s a done deal, so get on with it now. Hugh Grant campaigned, albeit unsuccessfully, for pro-Remain Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates in the December general election. Lineker and midfielder Peter Reid got into a spat, inevitably, on Twitter, with Brexit supporting goalkeeper Peter Shilton and winger Chris Waddle. The 1990 World Cup team, which lost to Germany on penalties in the semi-final, was also split. That football hero Gary Lineker – one of the few British sportspeople to use a transfer abroad to learn another language – would be an ardent Remainer and a lead campaigner for a ‘People’s Vote’, aka a second referendum, was to be suspected. Ex-football star Sol Campbell campaigned for a Leave vote and then sought the Conservative party’s nomination to stand as London Mayor.Ĭricket heroes Sir Ian Botham and Theresa May’s favourite son of Yorkshire, Sir Geoffrey Boycott, both came out for Brexit.īut the views of Britain’s celebrities were treated with the same disdain as the pro-Remain campaign efforts by economists, lawyers, academics and business leaders, all of whom published open letters urging voters to back EU membership to little avail. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and the Beckham couple publicly backed Remain. The sporting community was more divided, though fewer were prepared to nail their flag to the mast. On the other side, actress Liz Hurley, stripped naked (except for a conveniently placed Union Jack) to back Brexit, while her ex-partner Hugh Grant was a Remainer. A group of over 300 actors, artists and writers, including Richard Curtis, J.K Rowling, Benedict Cumberbatch wrote open letters ahead of the 2016 referendum urging a Remain vote. The acting and music community are mainly Remain supporters. While most European readers remember the politicians who steered the process – from David Cameron to Boris Johnson – on the last day of the UK’s membership of the bloc, EURACTIV has compiled a list of Brexit quotes from British showbiz and sports celebrities, who have also been divided by the issue. The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union has been a highly divisive and emotional issue from the very start, and the rhetoric around it rarely failed to attract attention or generate eye-catching headlines. ![]()
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