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The Week Trending - Mairead McGuinness Cuts Off Nigel Farage's Brexit Celebrations

Britain will leave the European Union tonight, ending 47 years of membership. Brexit Party leader Ni...
Sarah Stacey
Sarah Stacey

5:17 PM - 31 Jan 2020



The Last Word With Matt Cooper

The Week Trending - Mairead McGuinness Cuts Off Nigel Farage's Brexit Celebrations

Sarah Stacey
Sarah Stacey

5:17 PM - 31 Jan 2020

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Britain will leave the European Union tonight, ending 47 years of membership.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage remarked in his final European Parliament address that Britain was "never coming back", while he and his colleagues waved union flags.

Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness responded by cutting off Farage's microphone and telling the group to put their flags away.

Amanda Brunker and Lorcan Nyhan discussed this story and more in The Week Trending.

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