Nigel Farage

Poor old Nigel or as the song goes “Nigel just needs that helping hand”. I’ll happily help him to go across the pond!

Sago

Equally, doing something about immigration (or claiming you will) can be racist. Farage quite obviously is racist, as are some of the comments on GN.

Hello, is anybody watching Coronation Street at the moment?I did not see this twist coming, the person who murdered Lauren I honestly thought that she might still be alive somewhere.

Sago

I wear pearls as they go with everything and as they were my late MIL’s it feels good, she was a nice lady.
I don’t however clutch them.
I will put my head above the parapet and as that NF is the voice of common sense.
Doing something about immigration is not racist, it’s about managing our country with little resource.
It’s all well and good Starmer banging on about VAT on private school fees and what it would pay for, how much is it costing us feeding, clothing, educating and homing so many immigrants.
A lot of whom despise us.

But Sago Farage will never do anything about immigration. He doesn't do anything about anything. He just gets some kind of pleasure about creating division. I wonder if he has some kind of narcissistic personality disorder - or if he just fakes his constant victimhood for personal gain.

Sago

I wear pearls as they go with everything and as they were my late MIL’s it feels good, she was a nice lady.
I don’t however clutch them.
I will put my head above the parapet and as that NF is the voice of common sense.
Doing something about immigration is not racist, it’s about managing our country with little resource.
It’s all well and good Starmer banging on about VAT on private school fees and what it would pay for, how much is it costing us feeding, clothing, educating and homing so many immigrants.
A lot of whom despise us.

From the sounds of your message you despise immigrants just as much as you claim they despise us!

Peartree

I cant believe how irate people get when talking about NF. You all got to vote for Brexit and the remainers lost. Its up to you to vote and change things. He must be good because he helped to get the Brexit vote and I would vote for Brexit again and I dont care who that upsets and how many of you clutch their pearls when they read this. My life is very fulfilled so I dont get my knickers in a twist like a lot of you lot do.

😂😂😂😂😂😂 My life is also fulfilled, it’s quite normal to dislike liars and cheats, Farage, Johnson etc. Brexit was based on misinformation and at times lies and has not benefitted us one jot. My knickers are fine thank you.

His relationships haven't lasted long. I find that concerning. Does he get bored with people or does he find their personal habits difficult to deal with?

DiamondLily

Well, to a lot of people, Farage is the constantly losing joke we enjoy.

I certainly don’t clutch the pearls I don’t own, or get my knickers in any sort of twist lol 😉

Farage is an irrelevance in the great scheme of things.

I agree with the last sentence, which is why I don't understand why he gets so much attention and people take any notice of what he says.

It's not difficult to pick up on a handful of issues which people constantly moan about and then agree with them and say you'll do something about the issues if you were elected. Farage does that all the time and goes on and on and on and on about the same issues. He's not going to be in power, so he'll never have to do anything about the issues. He just carries on stirring.

Well, to a lot of people, Farage is the constantly losing joke we enjoy.

I certainly don’t clutch the pearls I don’t own, or get my knickers in any sort of twist lol 😉

Farage is an irrelevance in the great scheme of things.

I wear pearls as they go with everything and as they were my late MIL’s it feels good, she was a nice lady.
I don’t however clutch them.
I will put my head above the parapet and as that NF is the voice of common sense.
Doing something about immigration is not racist, it’s about managing our country with little resource.
It’s all well and good Starmer banging on about VAT on private school fees and what it would pay for, how much is it costing us feeding, clothing, educating and homing so many immigrants.
A lot of whom despise us.

I am quite intrigued by how one could get one's knickers in a twist whilst clutching one's pearls. 🤔
Reminds me of someone I worked with who told us we had to keep our noses to the grindstone, our shoulders to the wheel and our ears to the ground. Not being a contortionist I am afraid I couldn't oblige. 😂

Dinahmo

growstuff

Dinahmo

A bit irrelevant I know but why do some GNers insist on referring to pearl clutchers. I doubt that many of us wear pearls (unless they are ginormous)

Surely pearls were worn by our mothers or grandmothers? The proverbial twinset and....

Because it's a saying to describe a certain kind of behaviour - nothing to do with wearing pearls.

I know that - but it's still outdated IMO. Surely getting knickers would be more apt.

Many idioms are outdated and their original meanings have been lost.

growstuff

Dinahmo

A bit irrelevant I know but why do some GNers insist on referring to pearl clutchers. I doubt that many of us wear pearls (unless they are ginormous)

Surely pearls were worn by our mothers or grandmothers? The proverbial twinset and....

Because it's a saying to describe a certain kind of behaviour - nothing to do with wearing pearls.

I know that - but it's still outdated IMO. Surely getting knickers would be more apt.

Dinahmo

A bit irrelevant I know but why do some GNers insist on referring to pearl clutchers. I doubt that many of us wear pearls (unless they are ginormous)

Surely pearls were worn by our mothers or grandmothers? The proverbial twinset and....

I wear pearl stud earrings, with a matching necklace and bracelet, haven’t worn a twin set since my Gran knitted me one in the early 60’s

Now who would be keen to work with a felon, who is a liar, full of self importance and who thinks that if you dont like the result of a trial, that you keep saying that the judge etc are all wrong not you? Oh yes Nigel Farage , keen to join Trump! Well no doubt he sees ways of getting more money and more coverage. Ugh!!

Dinahmo

A bit irrelevant I know but why do some GNers insist on referring to pearl clutchers. I doubt that many of us wear pearls (unless they are ginormous)

Surely pearls were worn by our mothers or grandmothers? The proverbial twinset and....

Because it's a saying to describe a certain kind of behaviour - nothing to do with wearing pearls.

I must get my grandma’s pearls fixed. They are quite beautiful but the clasp has disintegrated with age. I would wear them if they were mended.

A bit irrelevant I know but why do some GNers insist on referring to pearl clutchers. I doubt that many of us wear pearls (unless they are ginormous)

Surely pearls were worn by our mothers or grandmothers? The proverbial twinset and....

maddyone

^Maybe because other MPs were doing their jobs rather than going to Dover every morning.^

Farage isn’t an MP.

Exactly! That's why he has nothing better to do with his time but to stir up trouble.

Ladyleftfieldlover

Oh do! I’d love to see that list. Will it be longer than the list of negative things that Brexit has brought us?

Long thread, but mentioned 2 x on this page.
www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1336657-Shutdown-comments?pg=2

nanna8

There’s something NQR about him. Not sure what. He reminds me of the school sneak.

He always reminded me of a spivvy used car salesman. Especially when he was wearing one of those camel coats with a velvet collar.😱

Meh, I dislike Farage.

I will vote CPB this year, regardless of what he says.

Oh do! I’d love to see that list. Will it be longer than the list of negative things that Brexit has brought us?

And its the first spotting of "pearl clutching' since it was mention on the "shutdown comments" thread as now not used on GN....

He was an ineffective MEP (rarely took part in anything), claimed a large amount in expenses, and then swanned off.

Let him go to America to help Trump - no loss to us.🤷‍♀️