Hollywood actor Hugh Grant has launched an expletive-ridden rant against Boris Johnson.
The âNotting Hillâ star took to Twitter to vent his anger at Johnsonâs decision to suspend the British parliament for five weeks from mid-September as part of his Brexit plans.
âYou will not f**k with my childrenâs future,â the actor tweeted Wednesday.
âYou will not destroy the freedoms my grandfather fought two World Wars to defend. F**k off you over-promoted rubber bath toy,â the tweet continued.
The British prime ministerâs move to suspend Parliament has sparked protests, legal action and a which has gathered more than one million signatures.
The furious tweet from Grant, who played a prime minister in âLove, Actually,â has gone viral. At time of writing it had been liked nearly 300,000 times and retweeted more than 70,000 times.
âWeâre not going to wait until October 31 before getting on with our plans,â Johnson said in the Downing Street video release that prompted Grantâs retweet.
âThis is a new government with a very exciting agenda. Weâve got to be bringing forward new and important bills and thatâs why we are going to have a Queenâs speech and weâre going to do it on October 14.â
The Queenâs Speech is the traditional ceremonial event that opens parliament for a new year.
The decision to hold the Queenâs Speech on October 14 shaves several days off an already small number of parliamentary sittings before the Brexit deadline of October 31.
Under a parliamentary rule called prorogation, Parliament is suspended ahead of the Queen's Speech.
Grantâs tweet brought him into conflict with some prominent Brexiters, including broadcaster Piers Morgan who called Grant a and reminded his followers of with sex worker Divine Brown nearly 25 years ago.
Morgan later posted theâ Four Weddings and a Funeralâ starâs police mug shot with the caption: âHalo Hugh... Britainâs moral standard-bearerâ.
--- With files from The Canadian Press