John Major’s had his say on Brexit and it’s explosive stuff

Former prime minister John Major’s gone viral – not a phrase we thought we’d be using any time soon – after he had his say on Brexit in the Guardian and it’s pretty explosive stuff.

John Major this evening. Wow pic.twitter.com/rAFwTQCuIJ

— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) October 16, 2018

Sir John Major says @BorisJohnson and @michaelgove will never be forgiven pic.twitter.com/BXvHR5ammw

— Robert Peston (@Peston) October 16, 2018

And here’s some of what he had to say.

Lots of people thought this.

https://twitter.com/smilinglaura/status/1052253142195335170

This is what Jacob Rees-Mogg made of it.

https://twitter.com/Jacob_Rees_Mogg/status/1052273088421875712

To which these might be our two favourite replies.

Ah. 1997. That was the year you garnered 9% of the vote in Central Fife I believe. https://t.co/xyXBbyu2Wk

— Geoff Upton (@geoffuptonNZ) October 16, 2018

Who won a General Election and was PM for nearly seven years. As against someone who has never held any sort of ministerial office at all. https://t.co/rbJW5cbctP

— Glen O'Hara (@gsoh31) October 16, 2018