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'I want my EU back you piece of s**t'
Our new favourite person, Charlotte Church, has made headlines after her cutting takedown on Nigel Farage following his resignation went viral across Twitter - not to mention the way she's been handling UKIP trolls.
After proving to be a surprising but undeniable for Gigwise at Glastonbury 2016 last week, the ever outspoken opera-turned pop singer has been online to voice her thoughts on the situation in the wake of the UK's decision to leave the EU - and the ensuing chaos.
UKIP leader Farage, who spearheaded the Brexit Leave campaign only to abandon it as the weight of the task from stopping the country from imploding truly began to surface, resigned as leader of the party yesterday - sparking mass controversy as he claimed that he 'wanted his life back'.
As the news came to light, Church took to Twitter where she posted:
I want my fucking European Union back you piece of shit!!!!!! https://t.co/XKE65GkvqT
— Charlotte Church (@charlottechurch) July 4, 2016
— Charlotte Church (@charlottechurch) July 4, 2016
Then, the trolls started to respond:
— Charlotte Church (@charlottechurch) July 4, 2016
Welsh bitch..... https://t.co/DdO1xRljZS
— Charlotte Church (@charlottechurch) July 4, 2016
— Charlotte Church (@charlottechurch) July 4, 2016
A lot of hate on here today.I understand that this is a very divisive time but I'm shocked at the level of and type of abuse I've had today.
— Charlotte Church (@charlottechurch) July 4, 2016
Charlotte then took to Facebook where she said of the abuse she'd received: "Maybe I shouldn't have lowered myself to calling Farage names but the messages of abuse and threats I'm getting on here are horrifying. I will be reporting them to the police. I understand many of us have different opinions on this but lets try and stem this swell of hate. I will heed my own advice, but I find Farage very difficult to understand/ have any positive feelings for."
This comes after Lily Allen live-tweeted from a garden party attended by Nigel Farage, Rupert Murdoch and more.
Foals’ Yannis Philippakis: “My main concern, and I guess this is the thing the Brexit people are playing upon, is a fear that the population will expand to 80m people in Britain.”
Paloma Faith: Make sure you all register to vote to stay in the EU. COMMUNITY IS VITAL! Separatist attitudes are passé #vote”
The Who’s Roger Daltrey: "The only way we're going to get the Europe that we want is to get rid of this bunch of fucking useless wankers that are running it."
Gruff Rhys: “I’d miss it if the UK, true to its tradition of recreational vandalism, managed inexplicably to kick itself out of this sophisticated European nightclub.”
Bob Geldof: “If we’re not careful we’ll wake up on June 24th and have made a properly historic mistake for all sorts of reasons, not the least being peace in Europe. It’ll seriously destroy the economy.”
Lily Allen: Nothing against Bob [Geldof] but today's antics made me sad. young people can sway this vote, but young famouses won't put themselves out there.
Bryan Adams: “Does the UK really want to be governed by people that are unelected?”
Big Narstie: “It takes five seconds to put an X in the ballot box, five seconds to stop others from fucking up our future.”
Billy Bragg: Everyone recognizes that [the EU referendum] is an expression of the worst aspects of the ‘Little Englander’ mentality.”
The Chemical Brothers’ Ed Simons: “Singing 'Hey!, what's wrong with EU' to yourself can sure stave off those Brexit blues… anyone against the EU has never been on tour, am I right!?”
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