Remainer moans after Flybe told him to remove his ‘b******s to Brexit’ hat before boarding flight
A REMAINER has been left moaning after Flybe told him to remove his beanie that read "b******s to Brexit" as he boarded a flight.
IT consultant Derek Knowles claimed he was told he wouldn't be allowed to sit on the flight from Knock, Ireland to Manchester due to the bright yellow hat's "offensive" message.
It comes after the Brexit Party had a sweeping victory in the EU Parliament elections this weekend - leaving the Tories and Labour in its wake.
And leader Nigel Farage was forced to fire back over claims that pro-Remain parties received a larger percentage of votes in the recent elections.
Derek said his own beanie was the latest casualty in the Brexit chaos - asked to take it off after a fellow passenger on the BE664 flight had taken offence.
Speaking to The New European, he said: "(The flight attendant) just took exception to it.
"She was polite but firm, saying it might be offensive to other people and I'm not allowed to wear it on the plane."
Derek said he had sat down on the flight while wearing the hat, but removed it when asked by the pilot.
He said: "I didn't want to delay the flight or get thrown off. I felt like I'd taken it far enough."
But he has since written to the airline's CEO to complain.
He said: "It always raises a laugh at Manchester Airport, the security guards give a little chuckle as I go through."
A FlyBe spokesperson said: "Flybe’s Terms and Conditions, to which passengers must agree prior to an online booking being confirmed, clearly state that when on board, passengers ‘should not behave in a way which causes discomfort, inconvenience, damage or injury to the crew or other passengers’.
"If this is deemed to have happened, ‘we may take any measures we think reasonable to prevent you continuing your behaviour’.
"In this particular instance, having received a complaint from another passenger that they found the message it communicated ‘offensive’, the crew members concerned acted accordingly by asking the passenger wearing the hat, to remove it.
"The passenger who was offended by the message on the hat subsequently followed this up in writing directly to Flybe."
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It comes after Mr Farage's Brexit Party swept to victory in the weekend's EU elections after promising to deliver a massive "wake-up call" to the Tories and Labour.
And he today hit back at Good Morning Britain host Charlotte Hawkins' question over claims the Remain parties had won a majority.
Ms Hawkins challenged Mr Farage about the argument, saying: "If you add up all the pro-Remain parties they did get a bigger percentage - 35.8 per cent versus the Brexit Party 31.6 per cent.
"So the pro-Remain parties altogether did get a bigger percentage."
But she left out the Tories and Ukip from her calculations - even though both parties are committed to quitting the EU.
She was polite but firm, saying it might be offensive to other people and I'm not allowed to wear it on the plane
Derek Knowles
Mr Farage was quick to fire back, saying: "I'm sorry this is absolute tosh. It is not a fact.
"Add up the Brexit vote, add up the Ukip vote, add the Conservative vote, who are still a party that says we are going to leave, and you will find that Leave beat Remain.
"In fact what you will find is that overall the country is 52-48 in favour of leaving.
"We are supposed to be a democracy. We were promised this would be implemented."
The BBC was also slammed for publishing a graphic showing that "anti-Brexit" parties had beaten "pro-Brexit" ones - again by leaving out the Tories from the Leave column.
Even Beeb presenter Andrew Neil criticised the decision, saying: "This is dodgy. And probably not a worthwhile exercise."
Farage promised to deliver a massive "wake-up call" to the Tories and Labour as he led the Brexit Party to a historic win in the European elections.
Millions of voters deserted the two main parties and flocked to Mr Farage in a bid to send the message that it's time to quit the EU at last.
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The Brexit Party swept the board - winning every single region of Britain except heavily pro-Remain London and Scotland. It is now set to be the biggest party from ANY country in the European Parliament.
With all of the UK's councils having declared, Mr Farage's party was far ahead on 32 per cent with the Lib Dems second on 20 per cent.
Labour were languishing on 14 per cent with the Greens on 12 per cent and the Tories lagging on just 9 per cent - their worst result ever.
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