Donald Tusk Said He Hoped There's A "Special Place In Hell" For Brexiteers Who Didn't Have A Plan

    Can everyone just calm down.

    This is Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council. As a man who was once jailed for agitating against the communist regime in Poland in the ’80s, he does not mess about. And he took no prisoners at a press conference in Brussels today.

    After insisting that he hopes to find "common ground" for a Brexit deal, Tusk then let rip, telling reporters that there is a "special place in hell" for Brexiteers who didn't have a plan. Who could he possibly mean?

    "I have been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely" @eucopresident Donald Tusk says he and Ireland's Leo Varadkar are planning for no-deal #Brexit "fiasco" https://t.co/66WEOJaRfV

    He then turned his fire on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who he described as "pro-Brexit", and the Remainers’ People's Vote campaign, saying it had "no political force and no effective leadership".

    Tusk tells People's Vote MPs the game is up.

    Tusk and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar were then caught on a hot mic having a good laugh about the drama he had just inevitably kicked off in the British press.

    WATCH! Varadkar "They'll give you terrible trouble in the British Press." Tusk "Yes I know. Ha ha ha!" https://t.co/X8AsBjPz8m

    Not to mention Twitter.

    'I came here to eat ice cream and insist the EU withdrawal agreement is not renegotiable... and I'm all out of ice cream.' - Donald Tusk, just now

    This special place in hell - is it inside or outside the customs union?

    Tusk's team was then forced to clarify that he meant the Brexiteers would go to hell when they die, not immediately.

    An EU official has clarified that @eucopresident meant when the people he was referring to are ... dead. Not right now. https://t.co/PVoo7raNuu

    This did not stop the DUP calling him a maniac.

    My response to the devilish, trident wielding, euro maniac, Donald Tusk ⬇️

    Or Jacob Rees Mogg coming out with his own brand of burn. 🔥

    Mr Tusk is hardly in the Aquinas class as a theologian and he seems to have forgotten the commandment about not bearing false witness. https://t.co/nnMZK5mAN8

    Or Nigel Farage calling him a bully.

    After Brexit we will be free of unelected, arrogant bullies like you and run our own country. Sounds more like heaven to me. https://t.co/pTOEmKWJpn

    Or MPs saying it made them want no-deal.

    We couldn’t have reckoned with the obtuse response we’re received from you. Comments like this push me towards supporting a clean break and No Deal. https://t.co/vOkTMC9i1E

    All going well.

    This is the worst clarification since Liam Neeson yesterday https://t.co/gyavXKWH6K