Jonathan Arnott MEP has condemned the European Council for ordering 4,000 bottles of Champagne.
Local Euro-MP Jonathan Arnott has condemned the European Council for
ordering 4,000 bottles of Champagne.
“This is taxpayers’ money and meanwhile so many of my constituents in the
North East struggle to buy foodstuffs, never mind splash out on expensive fizz,”
he said.
“When they divide up the EU’s assets, will this country be entitled to
receive 500 of these bottles? And if so, can we please use them to raise a glass
to toast Brexit and the end of these obscene wastes of taxpayers’ money for once
and for all? “
Mr Arnott, EU Budget Committee member and UKIP’s Treasury spokesman, made
his comments in the wake of the European Council putting out a tender for 1,000
bottles of champagne a year for a four year stint.
“The profligate waste of taxpayers’ money over the years is one of the
reasons people in this country voted for Brexit but European bureaucrats are
still acting in “Carry on Regardless” mode,” he
said.
