The UK delegation was in Brussels Tuesday for the first time following their history making vote to leave the European Union. The members of European Parliament acted bitter and vindictive to Brexit supporter Nigel Farage, the same was true for CBS reporter Mark Philips. The reporter spent his time personally attacking Farage and blaming him for the hatful atmosphere in EU capital and economic effects.
Philips reported that UK Prime Minister David Cameron wanted things to remain civil, “But friendliness was not in the air in the European Parliament. Nastiness was.” He placed all the blame for the “nastiness” on Farage, playing a clip of him telling the career bureaucrats that they don’t know what it’s like to have a real job outside of government.
But the journalist failed to report that it was other members of parliament who were the originators of the incivility. In the full video of Farage’s speech, members of parliament can be heard shouting over him to the point where the president of the body had to scold them, multiple time no less. They also booed Farage’s suggestion that there could have normal trade relations between the UK and the EU.