Brian May has taken to Instagram to brand Brexit a "great lie" as he celebrated Boris Johnson's resignation as Prime Minister today, having branded him "shamefully inept".The Queen musician, 74, hit out at Boris' resignation speech before revealing his hopes of having someone with "decency, dignity and wisdom" lead the country next.The Queen guitarist reflected on Johnson's "shamefully inept period of office" in view of his three million followers after the news of his resignation today.Alongside a picture of the PM, Brian wrote: "We rejoice in the resignation of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of Britain."It’s a suitably ignominious end to a shamefully inept period of office."It’s fitting that it’s his lies that brought his reign to an end - since it was lies that brought him into power," he added.Brian went on: "The great lie that Brexit would magically empower Britain, along with his failure to show leadership in his response to the Covid pandemic, have left the people of the UK despondent and economically crippled."His speech on departure was so typical of the inveterate liar who actually believes his own distorted version of the truth," the rocker claimed.The star continued: "Instead of the humble apology he should have delivered to the Nation for the inexcusable behaviour which led even his own party to disown him, his arrogance led him into an attempt to rewrite history, painting himself as a glorious high achiever."All a kind of Trumpian fantasy."A post shared by Brian Harold May (@brianmayforreal)Brian went on to ponder the question of who will replace Johnson once he's left office in October.He went on: "And so now the only question is can the Tory party come up with a new leader who actually has decency,.
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