Nigel Farage does his best to alienate the rest of Europe

Thankfully, many in Europe – not least the European Parliament – will have stopped listening to Nigel Farage a long time ago. The Ukip leader, no stranger to attempting to infuriate his MEP colleagues, has been winding them up again. In this morning’s session, he gloated:

‘You all laughed at me. Well, I have to say, you’re not laughing now, are you?’

But Farage didn’t stop there, telling those around him:

‘I know that virtually none of you have ever done a proper job in your lives, or worked in business, or worked in trade, or ever created a job, but listen’

It was clear from the huge smile across Farage’s face during the proceedings that he was having a whale of the time mocking his fellow MEPs. But whilst the Ukip leader’s speech might make entertaining TV, Farage’s monologue is entirely self-serving. It’s crucial that post-Brexit Britain isn’t portrayed as having hauled up the drawbridge and sticking up two fingers at the continent.