EU chief Donald Tusk urges Remainers ‘Don’t give up’ and says they can STILL stop Brexit

DONALD Tusk yesterday urged those battling Brexit in the upcoming election: “Don’t give up.”

The outgoing EU Council chief said things could still be turned around and that quitting Europe would turn Britain into an outsider and a “second-rate player”.

In a speech to the College of Europe, the outgoing EU Council chief said: "In this match we are already in extra time. Perhaps it will go to penalties."

Mr Tusk also said Brexit was driven by a “longing for the Empire” and a desire to “make the UK global again” but it would have “exactly the opposite” effect.

Mr Tusk also said he envied ex-Speaker John Bercow for being able to “honestly say what he thinks”.

And he added that Brexiteers who think leaving the EU will make the UK global again are wrong.

"The reality is exactly the opposite," he said.

“’Why are they doing this?’ I was asked this regretful question everywhere I went.

"One of my English friends is probably right when he says with melancholy that Brexit is the real end of the British Empire.”

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