The Brexit Party

Perhaps he has refused because meeting Donald Trump is more important to him?

Just had this from a friend who lives in Belgium and has had a really bad couple of days trying to fly to the US. Two flights cancelled and luggage didn't arrive. They have offered him air miles in compensation or a voucher for future flights. He is insisting on the EU compensation.

EU261/2004 gives EU citizens protection from airlines for delayed and cancellations. In particular from US airlines and their poor business practices when operating from the EU (flights departing). When Brexit happens in the UK you will not be covered by EU261/2004. US airlines will be able to overbook, delay and cancel as they like with no accountability unless the UK puts a legislation in place to protect British consumers. In the long list of The Brexit mess...how low on the agenda do you think that is? Bottom line....I will never transfer to the US through the UK again.

'As voters head to the polls in the Peterborough by-election, Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party may well gain its first seat in Westminster today.
But the new party campaigning hard for its first MP candidate Mike Greene has lost yet another senior figure to a fresh race hate scandal.
A campaign coordinator has been exposed as a former activist for the far-right, fascist British National Party.
Kevin Moore, appointed as campaign coordinator for the Brexit Party in Merseyside in May 2019, has been exposed as former European elections candidate for the white supremacist fascist BNP party.'

He won’t last in the BP. Farage can’t help running the show and will be a pain in the a.. just as he was last time when it took 5 minutes for the UKIP mp to become an independent.

Maybe late in the day (I haven't read all this thread) but I saw a noticeboard in our Civic Centre yesterday with the results of the EU MP elections. This is a traditional Labour constituency in the NE.
Turnout about 25%
Results overwhelming for the Brexit party.
Labour next.
Then the LibDems.

It states in the article in Nonnie's link that Aaron Banks said 'the money was supposed to help Nigel get out of politics'. So what is going on? Anyone read more on that?

I see the BP didn’t win the by election, came 2nd hoovering up the Tory votes. The Labour candidate said she won by campaigning on local issues, whilst the BP was “Brexit, Brexit and more Brexit”. They need to start to get some policies rather than rely on Nigel making them up as he goes along.

I think we have seen peak BP. Thanks to all sensible people voting tactically.

No one should expect to win an election on a “blind” vote.

No one should vote for someone who will be voting in parliament on all sorts of issues about which there is no declared manifesto. That way lies madness.

Maybe “science” will “cure” homosexuality is one?

Maybe science will find a cure for Ann Widdecombe.

Whitewavemark2
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Looking at the result. Labour actually increased its majority!! Not by much but it is clear people do not have the stomach for such nasty politics.

Well done Peterborough for fighting off the fascists. We can do it.

Now is the time to make sure the country has not changed its mind over Brexit.

If the BP can’t win in such a huge leave area you have to question if the U.K. has changed its mind.

Look at these figures.

2016

A majority of people who voted (but not the majority of the voting population) voted to leave.
17.4 million.

2019

Leave voters had the first and best opportunity to vote for an actual leave representative.

5.5 million Only.

There May be a clue here

crystal, that made me laugh.

I saw a clip on Twitter (may or may not be genuine) of NF waiting, smiling, for the result and when it came out rushing to the loo. He then left by the back door. I like to think it was genuine. Yes, I know I'm being rather childish but surely we all can be sometimes?

Yes NF left by the back door. Quite fitting I thought.

Headlines by Daily Mash

Nigel Farage has kept his proud record of never winning in a Westminster election

?????

Someone just brought up that the BP is a ltd co. So how does it stand vis a vis tax and of course there is the VAT dimension.

Time HMRC got busy. Wish it would land in my in-tray??

Oh, good one Whitewave. The HuffPost email's headline was Farage Fails.

It goes on to describe The Brexit Company" (is it a "Limited" one by any chance) as a just a pressure group. Does that mean the ERG and Momentum will stand in elections in the future then?

Farage wants a no deal Brexit, he has made that entirely clear. No negotiations necessary.

He has now been pictured on Downing Street steps demanding a place in the negotiations.

Odd even for Farage

From a Sky News article 'The party's spectacular 32% showing in the European elections provoked blind panic among Tory MPs and looks like propelling Boris Johnson, the only politician the Tories have who compares with Mr Farage's rock star status, to 10 Downing Street.' all I could think, reading this was 'there's something rotten in the state of Denmark'. What is wrong with this country? 'rock star status, for heavens sake.....?

Terrific headline on News Thump about Farage demanding recognition of 29% who voted for his company in Peterborough as he dismisses the concerns of the 48% who did not vote for Brexit.

He reminds me of some sort of character from sci fi that can take on human form but is really a horribly ugly alien; I can see behind the jolly chappie façade but so many people can't and I don't understand that at all...[apologies to any aliens that might read this, by the way...]

Interesting.

I have just been reading that Farage has exactly modelled the Brexit Party on the 5 star fascist party in Italy.

James O'Brien's Instant Reaction To Nigel Farage's Trip To Downing Street

www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/instant-reaction-nigel-farage-downing-street/