Brexit critic Emma Thompson quits Britain for Venice
Actress Emma Thompson joins Extinction Rebellion demonstrators at Oxford Circus in London. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA. - Credit: PA
Brexit critic Dame Emma Thompson has quit Britain for Europe after describing the country as 'a tiny little cloud-bolted, rainy corner of sort-of Europe, a cake-filled misery-laden grey old island'.
The Oscar award-winning actress has moved to Italy with her acting husband Greg Wise in the wake of Brexit.
The Daily Mail reports they have registered as residents of Venice, where they own a house together, and are now getting Italian lessons.
Dame Emma has now been awarded honorary citizenship of the city, the "realisation of a dream she had cherished for years".
She has been a strong opponent of Brexit, claiming that it was "mad" for Britain not to remain a part of the European Union.
You may also want to watch:
"I feel European even though I live in Great Britain, and in Scotland," she told reporters at the 2016 Berlin film festival.
"So of course I'm going to vote to stay in Europe, Oh my God, it would be madness not to. It would be a crazy idea not to. We should be taking down borders, not putting them up."
Most Read
- 1 Betty Boothroyd delivers scathing assessment of Boris Johnson's government
- 2 German MEP tells Boris Johnson he 'owes' Britons a Brexit deal as she urged a return to EU trade talks
- 3 House of Lords defies No 10 and votes to heavily defeat Boris Johnson's Brexit bill
- 4 Boris Johnson 'plans to resign' in six months because he can't live on £150k salary
- 5 Leaked memo exposes government fears over rise in support for Scottish independence
- 6 UK Business leaders describe Brexit call with Boris Johnson and Michael Gove as 'pointless'
- 7 ERG MP says Boris Johnson should consider cutting ties with Church of England following Brexit row
- 8 Tory minister branded 'disgraceful' after dismissing child hunger in Britain as something that has 'been going on for years'
- 9 Diane Abbott accuses Keir Starmer of having 'other motives' while shadow Brexit secretary
- 10 Fool's gold? Nigel Farage wants you to invest your trust in his financial advice service
The actress follows her Love Actually co-star Colin Firth in shunning the UK for Europe.
In 2017 he accepted honorary Italian citizenship. He said: "Brexit does not have a single positive aspect for me. Many colleagues, including Emma Thompson, are - like me - enthusiastic Europeans".
Become a Supporter
The New European is proud of its journalism and we hope you are proud of it too. We believe our voice is important - both in representing the pro-EU perspective and also to help rebalance the right wing extremes of much of the UK national press. If you value what we are doing, you can help us by making a contribution to the cost of our journalism.