He (Guy Verhofstadt) compared Mr Farage to Earl Haig, the First World War British Expeditionary Force commander who was lampooned in the comedy Blackadder Goes Forth as having a callous disregard for the men he sent into battle.
“I thought he was marching somewhere in Britain,” Mr Verhofstadt said to laughter. “You remind me more and more of Field Marshal Haig in Blackadder. He was sitting in the First World War in London, while you are sitting in Strasbourg, when his own people are marching in the wind and cold.”
Source: Brexit: Donald Tusk says EU must not ‘betray’ Remain voters
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