mo4ch:>Ex-minister McVey mercilessly mocked after claiming EU would force UK to adopt euro after 2020 | Mo4ch News

A former Tory government minister has been ridiculed on social media after tweeting an article asserting that the EU will force the UK to join the eurozone after 2020 if it remains a member – a claim that is demonstrably false.Former work and pensions secretary Esther McVey, who resigned from PM Theresa May’s government in November over Brexit, posted a now-deleted tweet with a link to a 2014 Daily Telegraph piece titled: “After 2020, all EU members will have to adopt the euro.”Are the public aware of this? And the many other things the EU has planned for its member states after 2020? #trust #WatchOutIt transpires that, according to the current EU treaty governing the UK’s opt-out of the euro, it is not obliged or committed to adopt the currency without a separate decision taken by its government or parliament.READ MORE: ‘My deal or no deal’: May defends Brexit divorce plan amid MP rebellion & cabinet resignationsMcVey has been hit with an avalanche of tweets criticizing and mocki…