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You may have seen our article yesterday about Nigel Farage's bonkers plan to wreck London traffic in an attempt to persuade Londoners to back Brexit. Well, things just got weirder.
So I’m on a Remain boat with Bob Geldof and Rachel Johnson. They’re heading off Nigel Farage’s Thames flotilla. pic.twitter.com/JU3vpuwWtK
— Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) June 15, 2016
Warfare has broken out:
SHOTS FIRED! A Leave vessel just hit Remain supporters with a hose
— Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) June 15, 2016
SECOND STRIKE. Same boat again with the hose. #battleofthethames pic.twitter.com/YJoya2Nbwn
— Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) June 15, 2016
According to bystanders, the police are getting involved (hard to tell whether it's true from this video, TBF, but you know: it is DEFINITELY true).
The in and out campaigns have taken to the Thames and are getting chased by police pic.twitter.com/Yxsc36QyIZ
— Emma Inks (@Emma_Inks) June 15, 2016
Also the Port Authority have apparently asked Bob Geldof to turn down the volume on a huge soundsystem playing Chicago's 'If You Leave Me Now':
General consensus is Farage has more boats, but Sir Bob has a better sound system. pic.twitter.com/ILjTpUuSKJ
— Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) June 15, 2016
Understand the Port Authority have asked us to keep the volume down for a bit. #battleofthethames
— Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) June 15, 2016
Some Londoners are booing the boats (well, one Londoner at least from the pic):
Londoners boo a 'remain in' flotilla on Thames #Brexit pic.twitter.com/73fVl0h6hK
— Ilya Gridneff (@IlyaGridneff) June 15, 2016
But the thing we're most baffled about? It seems that Boris Johnson's sister is on Geldof's flotilla. Why? Is she incensed that his economic arguments against the EU mean that he's flip-flopping harder than a sumo in poolside footwear? Or that his rhetoric against Turkey totally contradicts the fact that he once campaigned for its inclusion? We have no idea. But BOY are we loving this!
Follow the whole thing with the hashtag: #battleofthethames