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| "London isn't an English city anymore": Brexit supporter John Cleese hot take sparks Twitter firestorm |
| 2019-06-01 |
| [Voice of Europe] The Fawlty Towers and Monty Python star dredged up previous comments he made about the UK capital losing its sense of Englishness, tweeting that the observation has since been confirmed by virtually all his friends from abroad. "Some years ago I opined that London was not really an English city any more. Since then, virtually all my friends from abroad have confirmed my observation. So there must be some truth in it... I note also that London was the UK city that voted most strongly to remain in the EU." Needless to say the controversial remarks have loosed a maelstrom of responses on the social network withmany rushing to tell the 79-year-old why he is wrong. David Aaronovitch, a columnist with the Times, sought to give Cleese a brief history and geography lesson: "London has long been a British city, John. Which you might expect, what with it being the capital." However numerous people supported Cleese’s views: "The texture and fabric of life in London is not quintessentially English. And many ethnic English outside of London all say the same thing," author Thomas Clements responded. Some noted that Cleese’s observations were a clear-cut case of confirmation bias while others noted the comedian’s comments were supported by the facts on the ground. Pauls Joseph Watson wrote: "Over 41% of London’s population is foreign born. London also has the second highest foreign-born population of any city in the world. London is clearly the least "English" city in England. Cleese is merely stating a reality that anyone who lives in London understands." Cleese has been vociferous in his support for Brexit. Explaining why he voted Leave, he said: "I don’t want to be ruled by Brussels bureaucrats who want to create a super state." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Interesting that London voted "most strongly" to remain. Leaves one to speculate that the British elites want those foreign born voters for the same kinds of reason that our own elites want Third World voters here. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-06-01 11:53 |
| #3 "I don’t want to be ruled by Brussels bureaucrats who want to create a super state." Change a few words and this also applies to the U.S. Americans should not want to be ruled by anyone: Not the U.N., New York, California, Washington, the left or the right; not anyone. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-06-01 10:19 |
| #2 ...Oh, please, please, PLEASE, go off on John Cleese. He will demolish these twerps in a couple of lines. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2019-06-01 08:58 |
| #1 Same for several of our cities are no longer American. Go globalist socialist say goodbye. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-06-01 08:13 |