Yahoo Finance Breunion Boys: A new Dutch boyband are trying to stop Brexit through song
The most bizarre bid to stop Brexit yet has been launched by a new Dutch boyband.
The ‘Breunion boys’ are trying to harness the power of song, not to mention unbuttoned shirts and boyish good looks, to charm Brits into a last-ditch change of heart.
The group’s first single, called “Britain come back”, was launched at Amsterdam’s Sexyland nightclub this week and the video is now setting alight social media.
“I can’t believe this is the end,” starts the unlikely bid for Christmas number one. “I still feel your love inside me. I still feel your love inside me. I still sing your words. I make a wish as your star falls.”
It continues: “Oh, your voice paints my heart, your mirage fades away. Your choice turns my spine grey. There’s always been a sea between us, we used to sail it together – but you’re leaving, now we’re falling apart.”
And the catchy chorus goes: “Britain come back to us, it’s not too late to turn around.”
The five-piece are aged 22 to 25 and the majority of them are students in Amsterdam.
Trainee doctor, Hajo, says he learned to appreciate Britain by watching romcoms with his sisters while growing up. “In a way the films taught me how to a be a man,” his bio on the group’s website states.
While the group’s efforts might appear satirical to many, its founder says it’s a serious effort to win over Leave-voting communities.
“I thought Take That, and not just because it reminded me of the same heartbreak, but also because the members of Take That were from ‘Leave’ country,” explained Dutch artist Julia Veldman.
“Robbie Williams was born in Stoke-on-Trent and they voted overwhelmingly to leave the European Union, so I thought what else will work better than the voice of Take That, or the boy band, the best thing Britain ever gave to us, to convince them to take us back.”
The group’s launch comes in the same week that Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte took out a full page advert in a national newspaper calling on his country not to follow the UK’s lead.
It said: “Look at Great Britain. There, its politicians and people have forgotten what they’ve reached together. Now they are caught up in chaos.”
European politicians are also attempting to use Christmas as a final opportunity to convince the UK to stay.
A festive Brexit video message inspired by Love Actually made by German Green MEP Terry Reintke has been shared more than 4,000 times on Twitter.
Hey UK friends. I just had to do this.
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄💖🇬🇧✨🇪🇺 pic.twitter.com/uz9NpnoB2J
— Terry Reintke (@TerryReintke) December 20, 2018
An Estonian MEP also suggested sending a Christmas card to prime minister Theresa May telling her it’s not too late to call Brexit off.
But Yahoo Finance UK has revealed that European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker hasn’t sent her a card.
“The future relationship between the EU and the UK doesn’t depend on a few lines in a Christmas card but on 585-page withdrawal agreement to be ratified and a 24 pages political declaration,” a commission spokesperson said.
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