The Brexit Party

Just an extract from Ginny's link...Nigel Farage’s Brexit party has been in talks to join the far-right group in the European parliament and is keeping its options open about its future allies, a spokesman for the party has said.
The talks between the Brexit party and Italy’s far-right League were first revealed by Marco Zanni, a League MEP, who said talks were going well and could be wrapped up next week.
He told La Repubblica newspaper: “Yes, the talks [with Farage] went very well, we hope to wrap things up next week. We’re at a good point. Obviously he has to say that he has more [than one] option, but it’s a good agreement and would be beneficial for us all to be together.”
But the Brexit party played down Zanni’s remarks, saying Farage wanted to maintain a separate Eurosceptic grouping, the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD).
A spokesman for Farage confirmed a meeting had taken place. “Yes, Nigel met former EFDD group member Marco Zanni MEP yesterday in public in Place du Luxembourg [next to the European parliament in Brussels] and had a coffee. Farage is working to maintain EFDD. He has lots of meetings today and next week.”....why does this not chill people to the bone?

Are you planning on popping into Peterborough urmonston?.

Honestly, why? why do you support this person?

In The Guardian just now:

“Leading figures from Labour and the Conservatives are poised to descend upon Peterborough amid concerns that the Brexit party is on the verge of victory in next Thursday’s crucial byelection.

Nigel Farage’s fledgling organisation, which triumphed at last week’s European elections, is the bookmakers’ favourite to win the Cambridgeshire seat following the recall of the former Labour whip Fiona Onasanya.

Both Jeremy Corbyn and the former prime minister Gordon Brown are expected in the leave-voting city for Labour over the next few days for a race which has become dominated by the government’s failure to leave Europe.

The Tories are expecting “several cabinet ministers” to arrive this weekend in the hope that they might fight off a collapse in their vote. They were expected to win it back in the immediate aftermath of Onasanya’s conviction for lying about a speeding ticket.

A win for the Brexit party would give it a first foothold in Westminster and help build a serious political machine for a general election. He will lead a rally in Peterborough on Saturday and has urged dozens of activists to descend upon the city.”

Here we go!
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www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/brexit-party-in-talks-to-join-far-right-group-in-eu-parliament/ar-AAC5OvN?ocid=spartandhp

I understand how many people became disenchanted with the way the present Government were handling Brexit. I don't understand the attraction to NF- never did when he founded UKP and don't in his latest position as founder of the Brexit Party.

After reading this article I can clearly see the direction he's taking now and I for one am alarmed. I would ask whether his GN supporters are happy with the links to the far-right wing in Europe? Is this what you thought you were signing up to? What will it mean for us if he joins his party to the Salvini- M le Pen 'League of Leagues?

Over the years he has avoided attendance at meetings of the EU parliament and is leading a party specifically to leave the EU, yet it seems that he's trying to tie us in with these groups. It is becoming clearer what the newly elected Brexit party MEPs are planning to do in the EU if indeed they are MEPs for long enough.

S Labaik Wed 29-May-19 14:32:15
Am I missing something here. Do you live in Malaga Urmstongran? If so aren't you worried how Brexit will affect healthcare etc over there?

No we live in Urmston, S. M/c Labaik but we have had a small apartment in Malaga for 15y. When we come out here we bring our EHIC cards but we also pay for annual insurance that covers our to-in and fro-ing.

Whatever happens after Brexit, we are pretty relaxed about it all.

They don't care.

lemon did vote for him, though, Gill57

Well Gill57 if you are right he will be exposed to all as a liar because he has said he will fight a GE and made a big fuss about his ability to do so. Personally he is only one of many I would like exposed!

You are right lemon I don't think Farage will fight an election either. He is not interested in the day to day running of a government, he will stir things up, as he has done very well so far, and then clear off to the shadows to make money. I did wish some on here (not you lemon,) would stop seeing him as some sort of saviour

Lemon why do you think NF doesn't intend to fight the GE? Is it because you believe he tells lies?

What is your 'truth' then, Joelsnan?

Were there any lies in the NYT article?

Trying to find out what proportion of the EU budget is spent on admin. It seems it is less than 7% but I'm not clear if this includes MEPs' salaries or not.

FWIW Information here;

ec.europa.eu/info/about-european-commission/eu-budget/how-it-works/fact-check_en

I don’t think that NF intends fighting any GE tbh.
He wanted to give both main parties, especially the Conservatives a bloody nose for not delivering Brexit as promised.As others have said, he is not an MP.He has achieved his aim and is probably unlikely to go further.

GillT57
For heavens sake joelsnan read it. Or are you frightened of the truth?

I did read it prior to my comment...whose truth, yours? Mine? Or someone who thinks they know the truth?

Expats in warm countries haven't received winter fuel allowance for years. Spain is actually quite a cold country but they included the Canaries in it to bring up the average temperature.

The gravy train that politicians love? The salaries and very generous allowances of €4,300 a month (on top) that MEPs don’t even have to submit expense claims for - it’s just given as part of the package. All 751 of them.

Sheesh, Ug!! I hope you can see the irony of what you've said! You clearly must be judging all MEPs to be like your blessed Nigel, 20 years an MEP and has done nothing to 'earn' the salary in all that time. Most MEPs actually do something to earn their salaries.

www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2019/05/21/just-in-case-you-re-interested-this-is-what-the-european-par

Moving to Srasbourg once a month? MEPs don't seem to like it but there's nothing they can do about it

Every MEP I speak to admits the 'Strasbourg shift' is mad. They find it a hassle and bad for their image but say there's nothing they can do. Bound by an EU treaty, the move could only be scrapped if France agreed.

news.sky.com/story/meps-on-the-move-madness-of-strasbourg-shift-10293596

I just can’t see him as the type to want all that ongoing responsibility!

Am I missing something here. Do you live in Malaga Urmstongran? If so aren't you worried how Brexit will affect healthcare etc over there?

I suspect Farage is thinking very hard about fighting the next GE. It is very unlikely indeed judging from the EU election results that he will get any seats at all.

So I don’t honestly think we need to worry of a hard right nationalist take over.

If he pays people now to do all the work he can probably get away with the spending limits for elections because it will all have been done before the election is announced.

But Larry he has said he will fight the next GE with 650 candidates. I imagine his backers will pay for someone to produce policies for him.

Aren’t his supporters ex Ukippers?

But I can’t see NF really producing a manifesto and wanting to run as a Westminster MP he’s only interested in Brexit????

Not health education etc? Wouldn’t have thought he wanted to work that hard??

I should have said 'politically experienced'