Luisa Porritt shared a picture of the empty seats (Picture: @LuisaPorritt /Twitter)

Brexit Party MEPs have come under fire for allegedly failing to turn up to a European Parliament session.

Lib Dem MEP Luisa Porritt took to Twitter to share a photo of their empty chairs during the second day of sitting on July 3, in Strasbourg.

The Camden councillor told her followers the pro-Brexit MEPs hadn’t been in their seats for ‘most of the day’ despite ‘important’ voting taking place.

She wrote: ‘Took this photo this morning. Second sitting day and Brexit Party MEPs are already not showing up for votes.


‘Their seats haven’t been full for most of the day, despite important voting to determine #EUTopJobs. Being paid to not work? Have to ask… what do they do all day?!’

The MEPs have already caused a stir by turning their backs on the European anthem (Picture: AFP/ Getty Images)

The post received a huge response from Twitter users, with many of them asking Porritt to keep documenting the Brexit Party’s appearance every day.



Others demanded that the MEPs be sacked or suspended without pay if they continued to fail to show up.

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Just yesterday, the Brexit Party caused a stir at the opening of European Parliament by turning their backs when the European anthem was played.

The 29 MEPs faced the wall as ‘Ode to Joy’ was played, with some of them holding hands for the duration.

As they were sworn in, Farage claimed the party were not there ‘to cause damage’ but instead were aiming to be ‘cheerfully defiant’ in their actions.

Lib Dem MEPs including Luisa Porritt wore t-shirts against Brexit (Picture: @LuisaPorritt)

He said: ‘There’s a lot of evidence that Eurosceptic opinion has hardened over the last couple of months.

‘We’re not going to sit in there and listen to our country be talked down. At the first sign of insult, they will know we’re here, don’t worry about that.’

The Brexit Party have not been the only MEPs to make their opinions on the EU clear – with the newly enlarged Liberal Democrat contingent starting the session with yellow ‘B******* to Brexit’ t-shirts.

Richard Corbett, a long-serving Labour MEP, dismissed the Brexit Party’s decision as ‘pathetic’ and said it had ‘not impressed anyone’.

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