Nigel Farage mocked after complaining about EU controlling their borders

The EU’s 27 members states are expected to hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss a blanket ban on travel from the UK.

The reports have angered anti-EU voices who have claimed that it is “Brexit revenge”.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said Boris Johnson must walk away from talks without a deal.

He said: “We are dealing with thugs and bullies who want to make us sign a bad deal. Time to walk away, to hell with the EU.”

Former Labour MEP Seb Dance responded: “I’m pleased you see your lifelong wish for closed borders to be the utter self-defeating idiocy it always was. But wouldn’t it be a better idea if we were to stay in the institutions that could actually work to overcome arbitrary border closures?”

Comedian James Felton wrote: “Yesterday you were wanking on about how China let the disease spread and now you’re crying your tits off about France closing their borders because of a potentially fast-spreading new strain in the UK, you grifting charlatan bag of shit.”

“I thought he was in favour of countries controlling their own borders,” queried another.

“I’m no expert but I thought Nigel would’ve been in favour of sovereign nations implementing control of their borders,” commented Nika Mironova.

Chris York said: “If there’s one thing we’re learning right now it’s that you most certainly can be part of the EU *and* control your own borders.”

Mike Holden quipped: “We hold all the cards, they need us more than we need them.”