A Brexiteer’s moan about a long queue at an EU airport went viral because it’s the ultimate self-own

John Plunkett. Updated February 14th, 2020

A Brexiteer called Colin found himself going viral on Twitter today for reasons he may not have expected (assuming it’s not a parody, which would explain everything).

Colin Browning wasn’t happy with the long queues at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport and had this to say about it.

Colin, who describes himself as one of the 17.4 million people who voted for Brexit, said he had to wait for nearly an hour before his passport was checked.

When someone else on Twitter suggested he got exactly what he voted for, Colin wasn’t having any of it.

You've got what you voted for, enjoy!

— Adrian 🇪🇺 Always European (@Awookster) February 13, 2020

I didn’t vote to stand in a queue for over an hour why some jobsworth checks our passports. I spent more time at immigration than I did in the air getting to my destination.

— Colin Browning (@ColinBrowning14) February 13, 2020

And here are our favourite things people had to say about it.

An absolute classic of the “people who wanted out of the EU losing their shit about the consequences of leaving the EU” genre. Just perfect.

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) February 14, 2020

Passports are red,
Passports are blue.
You’ve fucked this up Colin,
Get used to the queue.

— Not🚩THAT🚩Jane🌹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@THAT_Jane) February 14, 2020

Oh god please tell me this is a parody and you’re not actually this dumb.

— 🏳️‍🌈 Max 🏳️‍🌈 (@SpillerOfTea) February 14, 2020

Maybe you should just believe in Brexit more.

— John Rain CBE (@MrKenShabby) February 14, 2020

Oh Colin

— Seb Dance 🌹🇪🇺 (@SebDance) February 14, 2020

I admit there were a lot of things you couldn’t possibly have known before the referendum, but this isn’t one of them. This we knew.

And compared to what’s coming, this is just a minor inconvenience.

— Agnes (@agnessjonsson) February 14, 2020

I didn’t think leaving the EU would mean we’d be out of the EU this is bullshit

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) February 14, 2020

LBC presenter James O’Brien said it wasn’t Colin people should be going after …

People who voted for Brexit because they are angry & confused about everything were always going to end up angry & confused about Brexit.

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) February 14, 2020

James O’Brien has a message for Remainers ridiculing Brexiter Colin over his social media post: “Go after the people who fooled them, not the people who got fooled.”@mrjamesob | #Colin | #Brexit https://t.co/Zk1XxHuo5j

— LBC (@LBC) February 14, 2020