The video will start in 8 CancelSign up to FREE daily email alerts from Mirror - politics Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailComical footage shows a group of revelling Brexiteers attempt to burn an European Union flag during Brexit Day celebrations - but fail "due to European fireproofing regulations". The revellers had, according to witnesses in Bolton, Greater Manchester, hadn't taken into account European fire safety regulations which require all flags to be fire-retardant. (Image: Phil Taylor /SWNS.COM)Around 100 revellers gathered in Bolton's town square last night to watch the bells bong in celebration of Brexit. (Image: Phil Taylor /SWNS.COM) (Image: Phil Taylor /SWNS.COM)"I saw a group of people holding up a flag and they tried to light it repeatedly with a lighter but failed. The UK became the first nation to leave the European Union - after three failed exit dates of March 29, April 12 and October 31 last year.

Source: Daily Mirror February 01, 2020 11:37 UTC