What do you make of the interview? Although not agreeing with Farage I did think he had a point about the type of questions asked rather than focusing on the current situation. I think Marr was badly prepared.
Why do people expect NF to be as pure as the driven snow?
Anyone who’s risen to the very top of politics will be no angel.
If you scrutinised any high profile politician you’d find plenty of mud to sling I’m sure.
ALL politicians lie.
TM told us about a 1000 times we were leaving the EU on 29th March.
Did we?
No.
day6. Maybe you would like books burnt while you are at it? While I understand many are desperate to leave the EU, are you really so desperate that you are prepared to have this awful racist in a position of power?
This was nowhere near Andrew Marr's best interview . No doubt his bosses at the Brexit Broadcasting Corporation had instructed him to give Farage an easy ride.
Even so Farage exposed himself as a lying hypocritical egoistical charlaton. How could anyone ever believe a word he says!
Blimey trisher, I wouldn't care to worship either!
There has been a lot posted on GN about people worshipping Corbyn but I think nothing can compare with the slavish devotion of Farage Fans. Is blustering, protesting, gurning and grumbling really how political leaders should behave?
I thought Marr looked embarrassed to have to be dealing with somebody with no manners whatsoever.
Andrew Marr was totally thrown by Farage's responses. I have never seen an interviewer so seriously out of his depth. Marr had absolutely nothing for him and was shell-shocked that he could not humiliate him. He could not react to a line of discussion he was not prepared for.
Marr has lost any credibility he had as has the BBC. It was a transparent hatchet job interview and Farage, like him or not, exposed that.
Red Andy as he was known at University was was totally reliant on his script - one designed to humiliate Farage.
Farage made mince-meat of him. No matter how absurd Marr looked, he kept going back to his smear-campaign. It highlighted the Biased Broadcasting Corporation's disgraceful pro-EU stance.
The license fee will have to be scrapped soon. The BBC is no longer neutral. The corporation is now TELLING us what to think, (it is evident in dramas too) and the version is straight from the little red left-wing handbook.
The BBC sank to a new low in so openly wanting to destroy Farage but how the tables turned. A brilliant piece of TV.
Thanks for the picture Whitewavemark2 His extreme right wing views seem to have been well known, when he was younger-used to sing "Gas 'em all" etc. I wonder why no-one brings that up in interviews?
If a party has only been going a few weeks, there is very little to ask it's leader that is directly relevant to the party. On the other hand discussing the leaders past - forming and running a similar party, a decade or more of a public political career, it seems quite reasonable to quiz him about his previous party and previous stements.
If I was thinking of voting for a one issue party and it came out after I had voted for it, that its leader was a close friend of Victor Orban the fascist racist Hungarian PM and shared his political views and although political inner circles knew this it never got out to the wider voting population. I would be really p***ed off. (the example given is purely fictitious and does not, to my knowledge describe any politician in the public eye)
Iam, you forgot Widdy...
urmston I don't think Prince Philip would agree with you, or Cliff Richard and many others.
He will be loving all this.
There’s no such thing as bad publicity (apparently).
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Urmston as expected no reasons for leaving. I find that very shallow. How can you have made such a decision without a reason? Incredible. I have been asking and asking for good reasons to vote leave and no one ever gives them to me. I will have no choice but to vote for a remain party because none of you have even tried to convince me.
"he didn't lose his rag"? So was it just a tantrum?
Too right Bridgeit
No one "implied" anything about the Farage/Marr interview. People told you what they saw. I appreciate you don't want to see it but that doesn't change the facts Urmstongran.
I do laugh but then I cry !???
I didn’t regard it as standing up to AM, NF doesn’t have two way conversations he just talks nonstop & or walks away.
urmstongran- oh I do wish we could laugh about Farage.
Farage wants to get rid of the NHS
Sorry pressed too soon.
It would have been a fair line of questioning if he was fielding candidates for the GE, but the party is for the EU elections at this stage, period.
The BBC was attempting to paint the party in a bad light, it's obvious the establishment is rattled by him.
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Maybe Farage should have just mentioned Marr’s history too of him cheating on his wife? ONLY JOKING!!
Erm... because that was why he’d been invited onto the Marr show? It’s the hot topic pre- EU voting next week?
I think the BBC did Farage a favour , he didn't lose his rag as some implied but stood up to Marr.
Surely that's what we want in our leaders. It's what May should have done with the EU leaders years ago!
I hope we get Alyn Smith back in again. He's been a very hard working MEP both domestically and in his involvement in foreign issues facing the EU alliance. He was Scotland's youngest MEP when elected but, like Mhairi Black at Westminster, has always had a maturity and understanding well beyond his years and experience. His "leave a light on" appeal to the 27 friendly neighbours was very moving.
Urmstongran - we already know that the Brexit party is single issue and that the strategy after the EU elections is to destroy the EU. So why should NF be allowed to expound upon his ideas. He doesn't have any others that would be beneficial to the country - just to himself and his cronies.
Honestly ladies you are whipping up a storm!
I spent over an hour on the ‘EU referendum’ thread this morning answering a raft of questions that had been put to me and I don’t wish to go over the same old ground on this thread. Too much Brexit gets in the way of enjoying life!
And Nonnie I’m sure you’d be an asset to the Leave Vote but prize as you are, I’m not going to spend any time trying to persuade you to change your vote! As you say, voting is 10 days away. I’ve already voted and I’m sure that after 3 years of discussions and links (!) and helpful comments on this site and perhaps others, you will have come to your decision too.
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