Brexit: EU diplomats say Hunt's Soviet comparison 'insulting'
[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Three serving EU ambassadors to London have publicly criticised UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt for comparing the European Union to the Soviet Union. Mr Hunt told the Conservative Party conference on Sunday the EU was acting like the USSR in trying to prevent any members leaving the bloc. The diplomats said the comparison was wrong and insulting to those who had lived through years of Soviet rule. But UKIP leader Nigel Farage said Mr Hunt was "using my language". Relations between the UK and the EU are on edge after European leaders publicly criticised Theresa May's plan for future co-operation after Brexit at a summit in Austria last month. British ministers have accused the EU of not showing the UK due respect after the PM's plans were mocked on social media during the Salzburg meeting. Get serious on Brexit deal, Raab warns E...