EU boss Jean Claude Juncker brands Boris Johnson a ‘liar’ who spread ‘b******t’ in Brexit referendum

OUTGOING EU boss Jean Claude Juncker has let rip at Boris Johnson again, accusing him of being a "liar" and spreading "b******t" in the Brexit referendum.

The European Commission chief, who is due to leave his post at the end of the month, launched a vicious attack on Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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Speaking last night he said he "should have intervened" in the campaign to point out the "b******t" spread by "Boris Johnson and others".

He told an audience in Brussels: "They were saying things, some of them – lying. Telling the people things which have nothing to do with our day by day reality.

"David Cameron asked me not to intervene in the referendum campaign because he said the European Commission is even less popular on the islands than on the continent ...

"That was a major mistake: I should have intervened, because nobody was denying, contesting the lies Boris Johnson and others were spreading around."

Mr Juncker refused to admit responsibility for the Brexit vote, pointing the finger at Britain instead.

"It's nonsense, b******t," he said.

It was a "shame" Britain was leaving the EU and both would lose out, he predicted.

Earlier this year French President Macron said Brexiteers were "anger mongers backed by fake news" whose "lies and irresponsibility" had throwing Europe into danger.

And EU boss Donald Tusk infuriated MPs when he said there was a "special place in hell" for people who pushed for Brexit without a plan.