Hollywood actor Hugh Grant has launched an expletive-ridden rant against Boris Johnson.
The 鈥淣otting Hill鈥� star took to Twitter to vent his anger at Johnson鈥檚 decision to suspend the British parliament for five weeks from mid-September as part of his Brexit plans.
鈥漎ou will not f**k with my children鈥檚 future,鈥� the actor tweeted Wednesday.
鈥淵ou will not destroy the freedoms my grandfather fought two World Wars to defend. F**k off you over-promoted rubber bath toy,鈥� the tweet continued.
The British prime minister鈥檚 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 鈥淟ove, Actually,鈥� has gone viral. At time of writing it had been liked nearly 300,000 times and retweeted more than 70,000 times.
鈥淲e鈥檙e not going to wait until October 31 before getting on with our plans,鈥� Johnson said in the Downing Street video release that prompted Grant鈥檚 retweet.
鈥淭his is a new government with a very exciting agenda. We鈥檝e got to be bringing forward new and important bills and that鈥檚 why we are going to have a Queen鈥檚 speech and we鈥檙e going to do it on October 14.鈥�
The Queen鈥檚 Speech is the traditional ceremonial event that opens parliament for a new year.
The decision to hold the Queen鈥檚 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.
Grant鈥檚 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 the鈥� Four Weddings and a Funeral鈥� star鈥檚 police mug shot with the caption: 鈥淗alo Hugh... Britain鈥檚 moral standard-bearer鈥�.
--- With files from The Canadian Press
