Farage & Russell Brand

Just surprised, though, at intelligent people who are taking Brand seriously - a sort of state school equivalent of Boris iykwim

Although I do think that Boris is seriously intelligent under all that buffoonery.
Brand sounds to me as if he needs taking back to factory settings and re-programming.
Hope I haven't upset any Brand supporters

Thanks, Rose!

Well, not me, as I had no intention of voting UKIP.
(although, reading some threads )
I have been less than tactful without meaning to, so easy to post and then think oops!

Oh dear, I didn't mean to be personal - just generalising, as one does in most debates. Sorry to have hit a sore spot.

It is sometimes hard to be as tactful as one should, if one is to say what one thinks. But, nevertheless, apologies to the 5 or so whom I may have inadvertently offended.

Just switch the names as I did, soontobe

One man's meat and all that.

Intelligent is not an adjective I would apply to Brand

Intelligence is the ability to learn, understand and make judgements or have opinions that are based on reason, so intelligent = able to learn and understand things easily

Rather I would describe him as a smart arse whose mind is all over the place.
Smart has a different meaning to intelligent.
However, Brand does appeal to the easily swayed and politically naive and manipulates them.

Farage appeals to the easily swayed and politically naive and manipulates them

Thanks!
That is about 5 posters on here that you have put down. Quite a feat!

And the converse could be true.

Only just looked at the OP - normally I'd have love someone to make mincemeat of Russell Brand, but would devoutly have wished that Farage was minced!

Farage appeals to the easily swayed and politically naive and manipulates them; Brand is obnoxious but intelligent and, surprisingly, thoughtful. Simple.

X post but still makes sense (I think)

Quite a long time, then.

Perhaps Enoch Powell preferred to stay out of the limelight in his latter years.

And it was support for his stance against the EU he was requesting, nothing to do with immigration.

You obviously haven't read the Guardian today, ladies...

It was 20 years ago that NF approached Enoch Powell asking for his support - long after Powell had retired from active politics.

Farage founded UKIP after Masstricht in 93- so there was plenty of time for him to contact Powell and ask for support and for it to be turned down.

In 1998 at age 85.

So Farage must have been around longer than I thought. Unless he has psychic powers to add to his other talents.

Same age as my dad then- who died with all his marbles and clear wits about him only 5 years ago- was Farage not in politics then? Not sure when Enoch Powell died though.

anno

It was Greenpeace in South America.

hotair.com/archives/2014/12/10/greenpeace-activists-to-be-charged-with-damaging-2000-yr-old-art-formations-in-peru/

[shakes head in despair]

Enoch Powell would be 102 - if he were still alive. I suppose Farage got a dusty answer.

The Greens did something quite reprehensible recently didn't they? Involved trampling all over a sacred site without permission, or some such.

I find it quite funny that Farage asked Enoch Powell for support and Powell said no.

Why do you want to know who I am going to vote for, magpie?

I can't think of a single party which has not been touched by scandal of some sort.

Just wondering if Blair is going to come off his pedestal and help with the Labour campaign. Unfortunately, I don't think he or his wife will be much help with campaigning for the NHS:

news.sky.com/story/1091921/tory-mp-backs-cherie-blair-healthcare-firm

www.unionsafety.eu/docs/HSNewsItems%2013/USHealthcareBossToBeAppointedChiefExecutiveOfNHSEnglandNextYear.html

and bewildered. Who can you believe?
(when I asked this before someone suggested the Greens; DD is a supporter but has failed to convince me.)

But it's not UIP's manifesto is it magpie123?

granjura

I love loads of that. Wow.

I did try looking up UKIP but got a very bland, non informative website.

www.ukip.org/policies_for_people

If you are interested in UKIP look at this link.