Brexit Party MEP David Bull didn’t look how long it would take him to get to Strasbourg (Picture: @drdavidbull/Twitter)

A Brexit Party MEP has been ridiculed for complaining about the ‘insanity’ of his new commute to work.

David Bull was elected to the European Parliament in May but it seems he didn’t work out how long it would take him to get to his new job in Strasbourg.

The TV doctor, who is better known for his stints on daytime TV in the early 00s, moaned that it would take him eight hours to travel all the way from Ipswich to the French city near the German border.

He branded it a ‘huge waste of taxpayers money’ and filmed a short clip on the platform before the 8.43 to London Liverpool Street.




He said: ‘Good morning. It is Monday morning and this is the beginning of my trip to Strasbourg. So it’s eight hours and as you can see here, it’s the first of the many trains.

‘So this is Ipswich to London Liverpool Street, then after that I have to go from London Liverpool Street to Kings Cross.

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‘From Kings Cross I then have to go to Paris. From Paris I then have to change stations. I then have to go from Paris to Strasbourg and I will arrive at something like twenty to seven tonight.

‘I left home at eight o’clock this morning, having got in at midnight and I’m going to have to do this repeatedly. For some reason the parliament seems to be in a very inaccessible place.’

But it all left people wondering the same thing – didn’t he check the journey time before accepting the job?

James Melville tweeted: ‘I suppose the lesson that David needs to learn is not to apply for a job if he is then going to complain about the location of the job despite knowing that he would be based here when he applied for the job.’

Another asked: ‘Are you actually saying it’s insane you have to travel to the office to do your job?

David Bull is better known for his stints on daytime TV (Picture: Getty)

‘Did you not know where it was when you stood?’

In an interview with the BBC today, he was asked the same question: ‘Did you not look up how you might get to the European Parliament in advance before whining on Twitter?’

And Bull responded: ‘Weirdly it didn’t really cross my mind.’

BBC presenter Emma Barnett then asked: ‘So you take a job without knowing how to get there or what you’ll be paid?’

Bull added: ‘To be honest, yes, because the principle was far more important than what I was being paid.’

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