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Nigel Farrage where is he now?

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norose4 Sun 16-Jul-17 19:45:29

After stirring everyone up , Nigel Farrage seems to have feathered his nest , and now is nowhere to be seen or heard of but do any of you who were his supporters now feel let down by his cut & run behaviour?

ninny Wed 19-Jul-17 17:33:21

Loads of hypocrites on here, out roar on here when Theresa May invited Trump to the UK not a whimper when creepy Macron invited him to France.

ninny Wed 19-Jul-17 17:36:12

Nigel Farrage will go down in the history books as the man who got us out of the EU. Thank you Mr Farrage.

Tegan2 Wed 19-Jul-17 17:39:24

No bigger hypocrite than one who gets paid as an EU MP for many years whilst spending all of that time trying to bring the EU down and not representing the people he was there to represent. On top of that he'll probably get a nice pension from it.

Baggs Wed 19-Jul-17 17:41:02

I heard about Trump's remark to Brigitte Macron. I recognise that such remarks are seen as sexist and that Trump must be a total embarassment to Melania. However, I did wonder whether such a remark would be regarded as sexist if said to a man, if for instance the Macron couple's ages were the other way round. I rather think it wouldn't.

What do others think about that?

Also, even if it is sexist I wouldn't mind if someone said it to me now that I'm in my sixties. You?

Baggs Wed 19-Jul-17 17:42:01

I agre, tegan, that it was Conservative backbenchers that pushed for the referendum as much as Farage.

Tegan2 Wed 19-Jul-17 17:47:42

'Also, even if it is sexist I wouldn't mind if someone said it to me now that I'm in my sixties. You?'
no, it's sexist and I wouldn't welcome it at all...

suzied Wed 19-Jul-17 18:04:19

Plenty of opposition to Trumps visit in France.

Day6 Wed 19-Jul-17 18:05:18

the man is a self serving stirrer, he jumps on & off bandwagons when it suits , pretends to be the nice man who mixes with the'locals' down at the pub,

No, who are we talking about? smile

Couldn't that very same description be applied to the sainted Jezza of Glastonbury? grin He's down with the kids, making promises he knows he cannot keep in return for their votes.

Let;s also look at his connections and the groups he has supported.

From the Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/13/jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-foreign-policy-antisemitism

And many who write on the politics forums of Gransnet want Corbyn to lead the country. Farage, tame by comparison, is odious to those contributers because he isn't in favour of open-door immigration or the EU.

Nowt so queer as folk.....

Just trying to strike a balance.

suzied Wed 19-Jul-17 18:06:37

How many women would make that remark to a man who was married to someone they were officially visiting?

Tegan2 Wed 19-Jul-17 18:11:26

At least Corbyn is a democratically elected MP who does the job he is paid to do. Unlike Farage who is a democratically elected Euro MP who doesn't.If Farage had any decency he would give the money he is paid for doing nothing to charity. But I don't think he'd understand the word 'decency'.

Day6 Wed 19-Jul-17 18:19:39

Yes, must admit I thought we'd have loads of column inches on Gransnet about the very public displays of affection between Macron and Trump as they became 'best buddies' in France quite recently.

Can you imagine the bile if Theresa May and Trump had the same cordial shenanigans in London? She'd have been criticised on here as a traitor forever and a day.

Day6 Wed 19-Jul-17 18:23:42

At least Corbyn is a democratically elected MP who does the job he is paid to do

So that justifies Corbyn's dodgy mates and affiliations does it Tegan?

Rigby46 Wed 19-Jul-17 18:30:16

I honestly don't get your point Day . Didn't take anything seriously between EM and DT - both playing games but EM is the cleverer. I would comment on behaviour between DT and TM because the latter is our prime minister - I think your comment was a bit snidey actually

Tegan2 Wed 19-Jul-17 18:31:17

As a comparison to Farage, yes. Corbyn doesn't jump on and off bandwagons. So can you please justify Farage not doing the job he is paid to do [especially as this is, actually a thread about the man himself...].

Rigby46 Wed 19-Jul-17 18:33:31

And I'd love to know why I or anyone else on here should criticise what EM does re DT - especially when we've no idea what he was up to.

suzied Wed 19-Jul-17 18:33:37

I seem to remember Teresa M rushing over to Trump and holding his hand....

Rigby46 Wed 19-Jul-17 18:35:48

Tegan I admire your tenacity and agree with everything you've posted but you wont get a logical response ( as I think you knowgrin)

durhamjen Wed 19-Jul-17 18:36:22

Isn't Farage still being investigated for defrauding the EU?

Cindersdad, I think you'll find lots of us disliked Farage and UKIP long before we became remainers.

Ana Wed 19-Jul-17 18:38:31

TM didn't 'rush over to Trump and hold his hand' - what a vivid imagination you have, ^SuzieD*!

Rigby46 Wed 19-Jul-17 18:42:18

But Ana she did rush over and some feel with unseemly haste given what an idiot he is

durhamjen Wed 19-Jul-17 18:47:49

For people who need to calm down.

www.pushtrumpoffacliffagain.com/

durhamjen Wed 19-Jul-17 19:03:30

politicalscrapbook.net/2017/07/watch-the-sensible-plea-for-european-cooperation-at-bbc-proms-that-has-infuriated-nigel-farage/

Did anyone watch this at the Proms?

suzied Wed 19-Jul-17 19:04:44

There was a pic of them holding hands, I agree it was at his instigation and she looked most uncomfortable.

Day6 Wed 19-Jul-17 19:18:53

Rigby - Tegan I admire your tenacity and agree with everything you've posted but you wont get a logical response ( as I think you knowgrin)

Sneeringly smug much????
Do you pride yourself on your loftily elitist put-downs Rigby?

Anyone else notice the regular "Oh ha ha...those who oppose us, such thickos" love-in, often typical on the political threads?

It happens with constant regularity.

You don't recognise logic unless it agrees with your left wing bias, ever.

Tegan2 Wed 19-Jul-17 19:54:11

Then answer my questions please Day6; how do you justify him not doing the job he was paid to do? Failing that, I must agree with Rigbys comment that I will not get a logical response. I'm waiting....