PM swipes at Remainers hijacking Last Night of the Proms with EU flags

Rishi Sunak swipes at Remainers accused of hijacking Last Night of the Proms with a sea of EU flags as ‘proud Brexiteer’ PM says the Union Jack is now ‘prominent’ around the world due to the UK leaving the EU

Rishi Sunak today took a swipe at Remainers accused of hijacking the Last Night of the Proms with a sea of EU flags.

Saturday’s final evening of the annual music festival once again saw many audience members display the 12-star blue flag.

The stunt was arranged by an anti-Brexit campaign group, named ‘Thank EU For The Music’, who handed out EU flags and berets to those entering the Royal Albert Hall.

But the Prime Minister, who spent the weekend at the G20 summit in India, gave short shrift to the display of pro-Brussels sentiment at the historic London venue.

Asked about the scene inside the Royal Albert Hall, Mr Sunak’s official spokesman said: ‘The PM is a proud Brexiteer. He was flying the flag for the UK in India on issues including a free trade deal.

‘From BMW, to Tata, to CPTPP, we are seeing the Union Jack’s prominence around the world. And that’s as a direct result of Brexit.’

The Last Night of the Proms on Saturday once again saw many audience members display the EU flag

The stunt was arranged by an anti-Brexit campaign group, named ‘Thank EU For The Music’, who handed out EU flags and berets to those entering the Royal Albert Hall.

The Prime Minister, who spent the weekend at the G20 summit in India, gave short shrift to the display of pro-Brussels sentiment at the historic London venue

Earlier today, BMW announced a £600 million investment to prepare its Mini factory in Oxford to build new electric cars after securing Government funding.

It followed July’s announcement of a £4billion investment by Indian giant Tata Group in a new gigafactory in the UK.

In March, Britain had its formal application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) approved by the 11 existing members, which saw the trade bloc’s total bloc’s total GDP to £11trillion.

The ‘Thank EU For The Music’ group recently penned an open letter to BBC director general Tim Davie.

They described how they had ’embedded’ the BBC event with their ‘own slant at flag waving’.

‘Tens of thousands of music lovers have taken our free European flags into the Royal Albert Hall for each Last Night of the Proms in solidarity with musicians who feel (like countless others) the destructive impact of Britain’s recent isolation from Europe,’ they wrote.

But the group’s actions caused anger among Brexiteers.

Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor called on the BBC to investigate the display of EU flags.

‘Disgraceful & misguided BBC messing up a British tradition; a political gesture which would make Sir Henry Wood turn in his grave. Utterly vulgar & wrong,’ he posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

‘Rule Britannia, not Rule EU!’

Nile Gardiner, a former aide to ex-PM Margaret Thatcher, posted: ‘Ironic to see some of the audience at The Last Night of the Proms waving EU flags while singing Rule Britannia.

‘Rule Britannia represents freedom, sovereignty, and self-determination, all absent in the European Union. Thank God for Brexit.’

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