FORMER Tory MP Edwina Currie has said that one tangible benefit to come from Brexit is the chance to give “two fingers to Brussels”.

Currie - who shot to prominence after revealing a four-year affair with John Major during the 1980s - said the freedom which had come from Brexit allowed her to give “two fingers to Brussels” was “fabulous”.

The former MP was speaking on LBC radio to Matt Frei when she made the comment.

She had been pushed to provide the “tangible benefits of Brexit … so far”.

The first time she was asked, Currie avoided the question. She instead elected to talk about a former agent of hers.

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Pressed to outline one benefit of Brexit, Currie said: “Oh, freedom. Freedom.”

“Freedom to do what?” the former MP was asked.

“Two fingers to Brussels. It’s absolutely fabulous,” she replied, adding that she had campaigned for Remain. 

Asked what benefit being able to give two fingers to Brussels might bring, Currie said it allowed us to “make our own decisions, make our own laws”.

Further pushed, the former I’m a Celebrity contestant claimed people were “expecting a magic wand” that did not exist.

“These things take time to work through, the benefits take time to work through,” she added.

She claimed that Brexit would continue to be an “interesting and exciting time” as people were being forced to think outside the box.

Currie did not mention the expected return of the crown stamp to pint glasses as a benefit of Brexit. However, it has been hailed as such by the UK Government in recent days.

Previously, a UK Government website which looked to outline how the Tory administration was “delivering for Scotland” had to be edited after its list of Brexit benefits led to an error page.

Commenting on Currie's remarks, Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond said: "So, no tangible benefits, just needless hectoring.

"And as for ‘Freedom’, we’re just as free in the EU, thanks very much!"