Nigel Owens tweet sums up what we all think about Brexit

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 at 09:21

bySteven Smith

Theresa May's government faces a vote of no confidence later after MPs rejected the PM's Brexit deal.

Labour launched the bid to trigger a general election after the deal setting out the terms of Britain's exit from the EU was rejected by 230 votes.

Here's how the rugby world reacted:

Nigel Owens MBE

@Nigelrefowens

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If I was refereeing in Parliament half of them would be in the bin for 10mins and quite a few of them would be sent off.

12:09 AM · Jan 16, 2019

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I'm thoroughly sick of Leavers using WW 2 nostalgia in the context of Brexit. We never stood alone - our finest hour was achieved with the help of 15 other nationalities.

8:41 AM · Jan 16, 2019

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I have a realistic view of this country - good and bad. What I don't have is an outdated, arrogant and misplaced notion of English exceptionalism.

7:46 AM · Jan 16, 2019

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JasonMarlow16-09-2026
Jordie Barrett over Damian de Allende is far from being correct. The hype around Dupont is also overreaching, he's probably 4th in the world and has been since the 2023 WC. He also avoids certain matchups which is strange. The rest of the list is pretty good apart from minor subjective biases.

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