Who would’ve thought that Game of Thrones and the Brexit Party would be mentioned in the same breath?
Well the time has come as Rosie Leslie’s dad, Sebastian Arbuthnot-Leslie, is planning to gain a seat for the party in Gordon, Scotland.
While the 32-year-old, who played Ygritte on the show is busy with her acting career and enjoying her still fairly new marriage to her former Game of Thrones co-star Kit Harington, her father will be running in the next general election.
The news comes after he was removed from the Conservatives, as he reportedly stopped paying taxes in protest ‘against corruption in Scottish justice system’.
Speaking to Press and Journal, he insisted the Brexit Party has new policies that will apparently attract Scottish voters.
‘The Brexit Party are putting out a set of policies that we believe will really appeal to the people of Scotland,’ he said.
‘The error to date of the SNP has been to try and create an independent Scotland in Europe and in the process, give away our farming, fishing and oil and gas.’
Sebastian also spoke about giving the country more autonomy.
‘The Brexit Party approach is to give as much independence to Scotland as we can,’ he added. ‘So the Highlands can run own their own affairs and the lowlands without the centralisation of politics in Edinburgh.’
Rose came to fame while appearing on Game Of Thrones – however, she might have left the show at precisely the right time as fans are still salty about the last season of the show.
Now, when you Google ‘bad writers’ writers of the HBO series David Benioff and DB Weiss appear.
Yes, seriously.
Many of the complaints are to do with the season finale apparently being anti-climatic and supposed editing mistakes in it too.
We’re still excited for the prequel that is under way to be released next year nonetheless.
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