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The EU accidentally said 'good riddance' to the UK as it completed Brexit after an ambassador got it mixed up with 'good luck'
The EU's final words to the UK before the Brexit deadline last week were: "Thank you, goodbye, and good riddance," according to the Financial Times. Diplomats told the FT that at the final official diplomatic meeting before the UK left the EU, the meeting's chairwoman, Croatian ambassador Irena Andrassy, mixed up "good riddance" with "good luck." Luckily, the UK's ambassador to the EU Tim Barrow took the whole thing in good humor, the FT reported. The diplomatic meeting last Wednesday came on the same day the UK wrapped up its business in the European Parliament as a member state of the EU 27 nations, just two days ... (full story)