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So - what is Farage up to now ?!?

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jura2 Sun 21-Jan-18 17:12:31

any thoughts?

GabriellaG Wed 07-Feb-18 09:41:53

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maryeliza54 Wed 07-Feb-18 09:41:13

Gabriella utterly charming posts

durhamjen Wed 07-Feb-18 09:36:42

Gabriella is a ukipper. They are not known for understanding the concept of free speech.

whitewave Wed 07-Feb-18 09:32:29

I mean to wipe your post.

whitewave Wed 07-Feb-18 09:32:04

Shame maizie

whitewave Wed 07-Feb-18 09:31:24

gabriella ever heard of the concept of free speech?

GabriellaG Wed 07-Feb-18 09:27:27

*bile not bike. ?

GabriellaG Wed 07-Feb-18 09:26:37

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MaizieD Wed 07-Feb-18 00:44:09

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Jalima1108 Tue 06-Feb-18 23:19:57

psuedo-toff
I'm astonished - I thought he was a real toff, not a pretend one.

Well, if we're living in a fascist state then I suggest some posters should be very careful indeed as they could be considered Enemies of the State.
However, relax, I hadn't noticed that we are living on a one-party state as yet.

forcible suppression of opposition which sounds remarkably like Momentum in action.

lemongrove Tue 06-Feb-18 22:33:23

A ludicrous assertion from you Maizie.

maddyone Tue 06-Feb-18 22:24:26

Do JRM or Farage or even Trump have complete control? Do they forcibly suppress opposition? Is political opposition not allowed in the UK, specifically suppressed by JRM or Farage? Do JRM or Farage regiment industry or commerce? Of course not, and I am unaware that since the election of Trump (whom I hold no admiration for) that the USA has become a police state.

However I have noticed on a number threads (political) that there are a number of posters who are aggressive in persuit of their particular opinions. I find it distasteful in the extreme.

jura2 Tue 06-Feb-18 21:38:43

yep- it seems to fit, sadly.

MaizieD Tue 06-Feb-18 21:04:34

Correct me if I’m wrong, but are any of them suggesting that a whole minority group should have their rights removed, including the right to be employed, to travel, to have a bank account, or to attend school? Are any of them suggesting that a whole minority group should be deported, or euthanised?

It's clear that some posters on here don't actually know what fascist means. It has nothing to do with ethnic cleansing( although racism is an integral part of the 'nationalistic' element):

a political system based on a very powerful leader, state control, and being extremely proud of country and race, and *in which political opposition is not allowed*

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fascism

a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

www.dictionary.com/browse/fascism

I suggest that some of you educate yourselves:

Here are pages of links:

www.google.co.uk/search?q=fascist+meaning&oq=facscist&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.8747j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

in which political opposition is not allowed

forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism,

Enemies of the People (our independent judiciary)
Crush the saboteurs (MPs legitimately voting in Parliament for what they believe to be in the best interests of the country)
Civil servants accused, (outrageously) of fiddling figures because they oppose Brexit (dear, sweet psuedo-toff JRM only last week)

This is fascism in action in the UK right now and those of you who think it's acceptable are just as complicit as Germans were in the 1930s.

Most of our parents would be utterly astounded, I think.

Jalima1108 Tue 06-Feb-18 20:25:15

Sorry, I must not be biased in my links, here's another one took me a while to find it:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5222211/Labour-party-three-categories-anti-Semitism.html

Jalima1108 Tue 06-Feb-18 20:13:42

I do not mean that it is official policy - of course not!

Jalima1108 Tue 06-Feb-18 20:13:10

www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/20/jewish-labour-group-accuses-failing-act-antisemitism

whitewave Tue 06-Feb-18 20:09:01

jalima the LP is not anti-Semiticshock

It is, as I am anti-Zionist. An entirely different thing.

whitewave Tue 06-Feb-18 20:06:32

No one underestimates Farage, far from it.

Jalima1108 Tue 06-Feb-18 20:05:33

I know jura but I stand by what I said.

W11girl Tue 06-Feb-18 20:04:37

I wouldn’t underestimate Farage. I am in no way a UKIP supporter. But Farage as an individual has his uses as remaining a thorn in the side for both the main political parties.

whitewave Tue 06-Feb-18 20:00:02

I think I do lemon

jura2 Tue 06-Feb-18 19:54:28

anti zionism as nothing to do with anti semitism- at all.

lemongrove Tue 06-Feb-18 19:44:44

Maddyone you are spot on!
Do posters understand fascism at all I wonder?

lemongrove Tue 06-Feb-18 19:43:05

No ww not similar at all.