Brexit party MEPs abstain from a vote calling for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to be freed

[Mistigri]

Can any of the Brexit party supporting leavers on here tell us why?

Is it because they're racist twats?

Did Widdicombe phone Tehran and advise them to chain her to the radiator?

I wonder what they'd have done if she'd been called Claire Smith.

They are heartless, ignorant dickheads.

Awful people

It seems like a massive own goal from a party that has spent a lot of money and effort to convince people they are not just UKIP #2

Isn’t it probably because Russia were pretty influential in the Leave campaign (this natural bedfellows of the Brexit Party) and Russia are generally allies of Iran?

Possibly but more likely that she's not "properly" British.

Where and when was this ?

I wondered if it's because some of the bigger BXP wigs like Farage and Tice are bunking off work, so their colleagues abstained in a block to make their absence less obvious

Where and when was this ?

European Parliament today.

Why don’t you just email you MEP and ask? Your snide comment about Brexit leavers is unnecessary as they won’t know if the papers haven’t said will they? Just as we don’t know why all those remainer MPs won’t explain why they feel they should overrule a democratic vote

The apathy seems to be reflected in the lack of responses on this thread also.

Bloody hell, the bastards.

Why don’t you just email you MEP and ask? Your snide comment about Brexit leavers is unnecessary as they won’t know if the papers haven’t said will they?

The BXP supporters i know are fairly relaxed about casual racism, so i expect their MEPs are too, either that or too thick to know Nazerin Radcliffe isn't a ISIS bride.

Though to be honest, Tehran is hardly going to be bothered about what the EU parliament does.

ChloemolI just don't understand how it would effect the Brexit parties aim , which is I have always presumed to leave the EU, to abstain on vote to help a mother trapped in a jail in Iran, its a complete non issue as regards Brexit surely ?

Or are they following a pattern of abstaining on all votes ?

Can’t find anything about this on my BBC news app. They obviously think it’s not particularly news worthy.

@Chloemol no snide comment form me but just an open scream: you racist twats. History will catch up on you.

Or are they following a pattern of abstaining on all votes ?

This is what I’m wondering, have they voted on anything? Is it not the same as Sinn Fein MPs boycotting Westminster, everyone pretty much accepts that?

Because they’re cunts?

I thought they abstained on every vote

Is it not the same as Sinn Fein MPs boycotting Westminster, everyone pretty much accepts that?

That's what I thought.

But there will always be those who cherry-pick to create a different narrative.

Sinn Féin MPs don't claim the salary or attend parliament though.

It's a very expensive protest vote from the BXP MEPs, which feels hypocritical.

Do you think they abstained on the vote about giving the UK an A50 extension?