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Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Feb 02, 2021
Andrea Jenkyns
Ah 2020, it holds fond memories for few.
But one Tory MP may beg to differ.
Andrea Jenkyns has been criticised for celebrating the one-year anniversary of Brexit by tweeting “what a year”.
Alongside this, she shared a photo of herself with constituents at a ‘Big Brexit Bash’ to mark when the UK officially left the European Union on 31 January, 2020.
The MP for Morley and Outwood then added: “Heres to a better year ahead for everyone.”
Jenkyns was a member of the Eurosceptic organisation ‘Leave Means Leave’ and a critic of former Prime Minister Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal.
The Conservative MP was previously mocked for being unable to explain WTO rules she was advocating for and tweeting that Britain should “go down fighting” as opposed to “surrendering to EU demands”.
After her latest post, Jenkyns was criticised by social media users who highlighted the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and fallout from Brexit negotiations during 2020.
Heres to a better year ahead for everyone.— Andrea Jenkyns MP (@Andrea Jenkyns MP) 1612131350
Yes, what a year, what a really memorable year. It's just been great. https://t.co/26Qw6b7qhT— Brian Moore (@Brian Moore) 1612176528
@andreajenkyns What exactly are we celebrating, Andrea?— Chrissie💙 Grech (v)🇪🇺 #JohnsonOut (@Chrissie💙 Grech (v)🇪🇺 #JohnsonOut) 1612134349
[hiding inside from a highly infectious mutant English strain of a deadly disease] what a year, does it get any better than this— James Felton (@James Felton) 1612175952
@andreajenkyns 'What a year'? That's how you describe the year in which 100k plus people died of covid? How crass.— Alice Woke #JohnsonOut (@Alice Woke #JohnsonOut) 1612131328
@andreajenkyns “What a year” Wow. Couldn’t be much more tone deaf if you tried— Peter O’Hanraha-hanrahan 💙 (@Peter O’Hanraha-hanrahan 💙) 1612135142
@andreajenkyns Yes, what a year. Six-figure death toll. Worst pandemic response AND worst economic hit--they said i… https://t.co/lrbTk5mqXQ— Dr Eric Farmer (@Dr Eric Farmer) 1612182084
Jenkyns defeated former shadow chancellor Ed Balls at the 2015 general election.
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