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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?

whitewave Tue 06-Feb-18 14:07:30

I’m not sure that there is anything about Farages private life on here, and frankly I don’t give a damn.

Still not clear of your point.

Are you saying that Trump or Farage are correct?

sarahellenwhitney Tue 06-Feb-18 13:59:59

whitewave
Threads from many appear to believe it necessary to make reference to the private life of Nigel Farage and quite frequently, other politicians, they do not approve of. Stick to the point Truths will hurt and Farage upsets many.He treads where other haven't the bottle. A major UK issue now, and who can deny, is the state of our NHS.Trump, IF you read the news, was alleged to have made comment to the Brit NHS as being' broke' this following the Farage comment that the NHS was formed to be the National H S . NOT the International H S.
What we are experiencing now did not come about overnight and started way before the name Farage or Brexit came into our lives. Think about it.

GoldenAge Tue 06-Feb-18 12:34:37

whitewave - I agree it's unsettling - but what's also encouraging is the fact that we mature women seem to be aligned in our condemnation of the intolerance that characterises the UKIP philosophy, irrespective of which maniac is at its helm.

whitewave Tue 06-Feb-18 11:59:15

sarah I’m not sure what you are saying?

sarahellenwhitney Tue 06-Feb-18 11:55:33

susied.What ever opinions are of Farage be they on his personal life, which is no business of you or I, but issues which affect the UK.
He is not afraid to tread where others fear.One should give thought to the Farage comment, following President Trumps statement of the British NHS being ' broke', which was Quote. The UK wanted a National NOT an International Health Service
This problem did not happen overnight.Think about it.

Camelotclub Tue 06-Feb-18 11:53:38

Can you imagine the flack Churchill would get nowadays? He could put booze away like nobody's businesses (at least bottle of champers a day) and apparently used to dictate to his secretary while in the bath (him not her). But he got us through WW2.

Not like the anodyne clones we are stuck with now. Boris may be a liability but at least he speaks his mind.

allule Tue 06-Feb-18 11:36:53

I'm just wondering how the "will of the British people" turned into the whim of Theresa May.

Bridgeit Tue 06-Feb-18 11:22:23

?

whitewave Tue 06-Feb-18 11:20:53

No I’m sorry bridgeit I meant radicalnan

She is a person who pops up when Farage or UKIP is being discussed and defends them.

suttonJ Tue 06-Feb-18 11:13:59

No need to be concerned for Farage's future....once he leaves the European Parliament, he get a pension of more than £70000 for life. What a shameless hypocrite.
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cwasin Tue 06-Feb-18 11:07:52

Oh how I wish Hillary was president.

granma47 Tue 06-Feb-18 10:50:25

Farage influencing 'The Donald' on the NHS - bad

Kim19 Tue 06-Feb-18 10:46:23

Just quietly soldiering along feathering his own nest and massaging his ego.

Bridgeit Tue 06-Feb-18 10:44:24

If that was to me Whitewave, no I don’t, I am having great difficulty in supporting anyone ,the odd individual politician inspires some hope in me,but as for a party to wholeheartedly believe in - we’ll there just isn’t one?

whitewave Tue 06-Feb-18 10:38:01

I assume that you are both a supporter of Mogg?

Bridgeit Tue 06-Feb-18 10:36:16

So very well put Radicalnan. Thank you

radicalnan Tue 06-Feb-18 10:33:51

Mogg the thug? And an invitation to guess what Farage is up to.

One hundred years since women got the vote and we are still playing insults and guessing games.

At this rate it will be another 100 years before better change happpens.

Until we recognise that the world dominates politics, and we have human nature to deal with and 'labels' are not helpful, we won't get better politics to represent ourselves in.

Worldwide we haven't had a decent leader for ages, but if you want to stick to the girlish approach of name calling and supposition, then you will forever be distracted from progress.

If you think you can do better, have a go. We are diminishing the pool of willing politicians by the constant demolishing of them as people, those will real ability and strength can earn more in different careers.

We are older people, we had our chances, did we have the courage to take the risks the Suffragettes did? No but happy to sit at a keyboard posting insults, risk free and spiteful.

At least Trump is having a day off from the vitriol of old women.

jura2 Tue 06-Feb-18 09:47:40

well, I might be ok, as I am quite far away ;) - but the thought my family and grand-children in the UK could be at risk because they have IT thugs following internet links- is disturbingly chilling sad

whitewave Tue 06-Feb-18 09:28:04

That’s Soubry and thee and me done for then!

There is so much out there of the neo-Nazi type supporting Mogg the thug it is extremely unsettling.

jura2 Tue 06-Feb-18 09:24:55

Thanj goodness- I hope it was reported to police for incitment to violence-

'If you go against Rees-Mogg and the Right of the Conservative Party, we will find you, where you live and work, and where your family is- and we will come after you' - not word from word- from memory. Chilling to the bone-Stasi/nazi style.

whitewave Tue 06-Feb-18 09:24:48

It is worrying though.

BF and other neo-Nazi groups support Mogg the thug. Mogg the thug is ideologically in tune with Farage and a number of others who seem to have the whip hand in Parliament, even though they are small in number. Obedience to Mogg the thug seems to be a requirement of Maybot. No one voted for Mogg the thugs skewed view of the world.

I think it goes beyond Brexit though and I really worry for the future.

No matter what arty you support you would be sensible to look long and hard at this tiny minority and their agenda.

You may decide that is the sort of authoritarian U.K. you want, although imo it doesn’t sit well with the U.K. I know and our parents fought for.

whitewave Tue 06-Feb-18 09:02:25

This seems to have been taken off jura

jura2 Tue 06-Feb-18 08:44:42

So this is not Farage, but that dangerous man from BF- threatening people and their families:

www.facebook.com/lumpenproletariat/videos/10156073175491796/

Please, as I am not in UK- could someone pass this on to the Police? This is clear encouragement to violence, intimidatation- and as we know, in the hands of the wrong people - can have catastrophic consequences. Please.

whitewave Mon 05-Feb-18 20:38:23

Adonis thinks that Farage and Mogg the thug are in cohoots. There certainly have a friend called Bannon the white supremacist in common.

jura2 Mon 05-Feb-18 20:35:30

so it is getting worse- stirring the sleeping hornets' nest in Ireland and on Fox News sad he is getting so so desperate for attention and would do anything, anything at all- to get it- and Trump is listening to him too sad