Nigel Farage

[themuffinwoman]

Met him a fair few times, not seen him for years, not surprised he was a favourite. He’s nice to have a glass of wine with

 

[janoycresva]

Alas, I don't post on here calling people twats and bellends.

Take a look through your own posting history, not exactly squeaky clean is it? Usual leftie bile though, do as I say and not as I do.

 

[Fawkeofff]

I think ITV assumed he'd make a right dick of himself on IAC and that Nella/Fred maybe even Tony would rip him to shreds. When that didn't happen they've all but erased him from the show.
So obvious - same as they're grooming the public to love Josie.

100%, me and my boyfriend were saying how obvious it was the other day with them just erasing him.

 

[Miss Begotten]

So channel 4 hired an actor to spout racist shit. Not surprised
Must try harder.

Are all the other racists actors as well? What about the ones who are friends with fascist Gary Raikes? Are they acting? Or the guy who said he knew Farage well and thought that army recruits should stand on beaches shooting people? Acting right?
The only actor is Farage, who has managed to convince legions of idiots that he gives a crap about them. The only things he cares about are himself and his bank balance.

 

[soph30]

That's a lot of gullible people who think that DER IMMIGRUNTS are to blame for their crappy lives and not growing inequality.

It’s not immigration, it’s mass immigration. The most vulnerable in British society are the ones most affected by the strain on public services, lack of affordable housing and low wages undercut by cheap immigration and exploitative contracts. All of which contribute to inequality.
Yeah there’s a few super rich people with ill gotten gains, but they’re not the majority. Even the middle class would benefit from there not being millions of extra people that taxes have to support…
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I listened to the LBC interview he gave around the time of the Andrew Tate comments and his words (from his mouth, not how it was reported, I heard the whole thing on my way to work) followed the sentiment. 'Men should be men'. I don't think that needs elaborating on, to be honest.

I mean it’s pretty sexist (I don’t like that side of Nigel), but I don’t think “Men should be men” is the most terrible comment ever.
Compare that to Starmer not respecting women’s’ spaces under a sinister sheen of tolerance and I know which one is worse for women’s’ rights..

 

[Gym&Tonic]

These people listen to him, he knows he carries a lot of power. He deliberately hinted that the police were hiding something about the stabber knowing this would inflame the situation, and at no point did he tell them to stop. He could have spoken out at various points over the last few days and didn’t. He could have stopped things from escalating the way they did.

 

[HelloStereo]

It's almost as if Brexit didn't help us have better control of our borders or control immigration. Isn't this what Nigel was arguing for? That people take him seriously or still listen to him at all is laughable.

 

[Gym&Tonic]

So channel 4 hired an actor to spout racist shit. Not surprised
Must try harder.

And if you believe that you’ll believe anything

 

[soph30]

Please. This really is reactionary bollocks. Come to London, mate. People of every culture mix and get on. I don't recognise any of what you're going on about. It wouldn't surprise me that you come from an immigrant background yourself like me (my Irish parents moved here in the 60s). Drawbridge xenophobes are the worst kind of xenophobes, after all.

Plenty of people of every culture do mix in London, which is great! London’s always been cosmopolitan. Plenty of people don’t as well. The ‘foreigners’ you’re mixing with will have integrated well into British culture and like the British, which is great! Other foreigners out of the millions that are coming do not mix. I’ll give you this, saying some cities have no-go areas and some cultures have barbaric practices like FGM in the UK is slightly hyperbolic, there’s only a few cases of FGM a year and it’s outlawed here. But the issues ARE there.
Why are you accusing her of being anti immigrant?! Where did she say that? She criticised some issues about immigration, but anti immigrant is a really blanket statement. If I go to Starbucks and they give me a dry croissant that I complain about I’m not anti croissant, I just have issues with that one

 

[soph30]

STOP FIGHTING OR NIGE'S ARSE IS COMING YOUR WAY
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Nige, our winner

 

[Baby Giraffe]

I don’t think Nigel can do no wrong, I’ve pointed out actions from him I’m not keen on. That video is also from 2020, so not like he’s doing it now after recent events.


I get that you’re saying these sorts of comments and videos from him fuel the fire, and I don’t disagree. But you could say the same about a leftie media figure saying the tories have caused cuts to public services and therefore starved children (which is rhetoric I’ve seen) and linking that to some previous riots which have also involved people burning things to protest against austerity. None of it helps and riots aren’t a healthy way to show frustration. Neither is Nigel stirring things, but at least he’s talking about issues that seem to resonate.

Nigel has spent his entire political career stirring things up and pointing at people to say they’re different to you and not the same, it’s their fault. There are countless examples of this and all the while he pretends to be a man of the people when he’s as establishment as he can be, same as Trump does. Never take responsibility for any of their actions.

 

[soph30]

Of course there's no sole reason. But to deny that the main issue is what the Tories have done to the country since 2010 is denial. We've had nothing but austerity which hits those at the bottom hard, but those at the top are fine.

Guess which category Farage belongs to, moaning about his Coutts account.

Immigration also doesn’t hit those at the top as hard. It’s really a privilege issue- of course politicians are privileged, that’s why they can’t sort everything out properly. So frustrating

And the coutts issue is freedom of speech. You really don’t want to have your rights taken away by the establishment…

 

[SharkAttack]

So that’s two digs at posters on here and not one actual argument about why we shouldn’t worry about the boats

I think this is the Left’s problem right now. When people don’t agree with them, they just get personal and offensive. It really doesn’t help them sway opinion!

 

[PeteM]

Who'd have thought that the demonising of migrants, Farage's speciality, would lead to a Holiday Inn in Rotherham where some are being housed being having its windows smashed by an idiotic mob trying to gain entry.

The problem with far right wankers is that they don't like being called out. They had their way for too long since 2016, aided and abetted by the Tories, of course.

 

[Phil Anne Throw Pee]

I wasn't directly comparing him to murderers and paedophiles though, merely pointing out how some people react to dodgy characters by finding every excuse under the sun for the stuff they actually do & say.

Maybe you could try responding to some of the more substantive points I made instead of posting fangurl/boi memes?

Do you agree with his stated aim to replace the NHS with a US-style healthcare system?

What are your thoughts on the sketchy parties he's affiliated with who help to fund him?

Alternatively you could just carry on kissing his saggy arse because he's FUN and surely that's the most important quality in any politician?

He's an abhorrent grifting racist.

 

[IdeletedbutI'mbackagain]

I quite like Katie Hopkins

She can be likable, I have followed her and agreed with her on certain things... But then... But then she goes off on one and then "I'm like do you know what, you are just a cunt!!!

I will probably refollow her and see what she's up to now, I also think it's important to follow people who have strong stances on things especially if they aren't your own. People seem to go off of 3rd party info, who tell them certain things and twist it. It's always better to hear for yourself and make up your own mind. If you don't agree don't start yelling and screaming and insulting the others intelligence (the number one tactic of those caring lefties ). If you don't agree still listen to their point, ask questions and give your point of view. If you don't agree with someone you still don't get to dehumanise them.

Things will only improve if we speak, listen and compromise. It's only the people in power who win when we are at each other's throats. We are closer then we are far apart.

I'm staunchly middle ground before anyone accuses me of being a right-winger I used to be left but I really hated how they demonised the other side and how the go too seemed to be to dehumanise and insult the intelligence of people who disagree with you rather than listening and using empathy to understand why their stances are what they are. No just far easier to think your special and smarter than everyone
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Excuse my ignorance but I thought the boats coming to the uk where coming from a safe country? no??

Celeb jungle wise Farage seems a nice guy, I'll definitely be taking more notice of who he is and what he's about but for now I'm hoping he wins over the exaggeration? that is Sam

The boats also aren't full of doctors. If you're a doctor you can apply to work in the UK. Just like you do in Australia.
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These people in boats need help. But they need to be distributed fairly from one country to another. They shouldn't be getting boats from France to the UK. That's a sign that something is majorly wrong with the whole process.

 

[Clytemnestra]

Nigel's flaw really is that he's power and money hungry and does stupid, greedy things. He's not perfect by any means. But he's not a monster.

I'd argue selling your country down the river for personal gain, pretty much knowing it would make the rest of the population poorer is monsterous.

 

[BigCatFace]

I don't think country houses or high tea have ever been first and foremost in any British city, particularly with pretty much all cities having a gap between the rich and the poor. What, relating to migration has replaced tudor houses, high teas (wtf even is a high tea?) and country houses? I can't see any changes to those things (except high tea, which I don't think has ever been a thing in Leeds, Bradford or Milton Keynes, as far as I'm aware).

Country houses still exist. The National Trust is still a thing. As far as I can see, we haven't bulldozed a load of Georgian architecture and built mosques.

Community spirit being affected by not being able to speak to someone in a queue isn't a thing. There have been people in this country for years who don't speak the language. I'm guessing that people who live in Barcelona or Paris don't feel that their community spirit is impacted when loads of Brits go over to visit and don't speak Spanish or French.

It isn't 1945, people are generally more self-involved and more insular than those times. That has nothing to do with migration.

I think you'll find that Bradford, in times gone by, was a key centre for commerce and trade (where the Yorkshire Penny Bank was founded amongst other things). You only have to look at the buildings in Bradford and visit Undercliffe Cemetery to understand the cultural heritage of Northern towns and cities that you are quite quick to undermine because you don't think it important. In the last 15 years, Bradford has exhibited Dante Rosettis art - the Pre-Raphaelite movement, leading to Arts & Crafts is a significant piece of British culture. Civic pride is a part of our culture, why are you so keen to downplay these things - why don't they matter?

btw, i live in Bradford and can tell you that I am often the only white English speaking person on the bus, and the worst areas for crime, deprivation, drugs, etc, are where there are high levels of immigration. Where there is no integration, culture dies. Assimilation is not integration. And the food - which a lot of people can't see beyond - aint that great...

 

[soph30]

Pretty much everything if you bother to listen to him.
Anyway, poor old Nigey lost again. He Lao got the easiest of the last trials. Bye bye Nigey

He hardly lost, he was a finalist against some Liverpool boxer that had the whole of Liverpool voting for him and who also had a 'bromance' storyline and the clear fave from the beginning, Sam Thompson If he'd been against any of the others he would have been crowneeed
Great chance to post his Crown Jewels in emerald though

 

[Bull***t Buster]

It's pretty reductive just blaming the long term structural issues on the current government and one person.

Brexit imo started with Blair. When the EU was enlarged to the east in 2004 countries like Germany and France limited the freedom of movement for 5 years. Blair could have done but didn't. Even Spain and Portugal limited free movement for 2 years and their living standards were well below the UK then. Then always used the EU as a punching bag to blame issues on, successive leaders also carried on blaming the EU like Blair started.

Was always going to cause problems with free movement with countries where living standards are so different. Seems common sense to limit it for a few years so once these countries join the EU they get access to the money for development and then in a few years when living standards have caught up then freedom of movement starts.

High immigration suited those at the top, the people at the bottom were left fighting for scraps while the profit was creamed off with little investment in the infrastructure. People were told to accept it otherwise you're a bigot.

I can see why people voted for Brexit after being told to shut up for many years and there was little recognition of the issues people were facing.

It's also happening at the same time as the decline of the west. We can no longer pay someone 30c to work all day to provide us with cheap goods and food. That along with printing money like a drunken sailor and war between two large producers in Europe is to blame for most of the inflation. I cringe everytime I hear it's solely due to brexit - broccoli is $4 in the states and Hungary has food inflation 300%+ higher than the UK!

I guess it's easier to blame it all on Tories, Brexit and Nigel rather than the many responsible for where we are today.

Hear hear