Don’t use the Brussels attacks as an excuse to talk about Brexit

This morning Brussels was rocked by explosions at an airport and a metro station, with multiple causalities reported at both locations.

Belgian media reported that as many as 13 people were killed at the airport, with 35 injured, and 10 killed at the metro station. These tolls have yet to be confirmed by police.

It is certainly not the perfect time to talk about Brexit and the EU debate.

Brussels, de facto capital of the EU, is also the jihadist capital of Europe. And the Remainers dare to say we're safer in the EU! #Brexit

— Allison Pearson (@AllisonPearson) March 22, 2016

Though Allison Pearson persevered. The columnist and chief interviewer at the Daily Telegraph saw this morning’s attacks as an opportunity for political point scoring.

She received support from Nigel Farage.

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When Brits say thing like that it makes it easier to understand why Europeans find it hard to take us seriously sometimes. 

Allison hasn’t tweeted since she dropped her Brexit bombshell, but you do wonder what form her apology is going to take, given the scale of the outrage she’s managed to generate.

https://twitter.com/hrtbps/status/712197284553953280

Farage aside, many people were seriously unimpressed with the tweet:

@allisonpearson you're going to make this about brexit?? Really? How classy of you

— Elizabeth Ammon (@legsidelizzy) March 22, 2016

https://twitter.com/Gatz77/status/712185919936335872

Everyone is obviously entitled to their opinion, but in situations like this timing takes on even more importance than it usually does.