Sadiq Khan Trolled Brexiteers During London’s New Year Fireworks And They’re Not Happy

A soundtrack featuring Europe’s finest musical artists celebrated the diversity of the capital, after Big Ben, silent for much of 2018 due to renovations, chimed once more.

But the stunt provoked fury from Brexiteers with Conservative MP and Andrew Bridgen accusing Khan of a “betrayal of democracy”.

He told the Sun: “It’s low, it’s very low to politicise what is an international public event.

“It’s a betrayal of democracy and it’s what we have come to expect from a very poor mayor of London.

“Over three million EU citizens have decided to make the UK their home despite Brexit. I wish all our politicians had as much confidence in post-Brexit Britain as these people.”

And his thoughts were echoed by many on Twitter, including journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer who said: “Are you bloody kidding me? You put the EU flag on the London Eye on New Year’s Eve? WTAF?”