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Hugh 05-09-2025 08:56
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36202232)
Above: A highly confected and holier than thou piece of sarcasm.
Is any of it untrue?

Sephiroth 05-09-2025 09:06
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36202233)
Is any of it untrue?
Yours is an opinion. Not a statement of truth. You don't like Farage and colour your posts accordingly.

Carth 05-09-2025 09:15
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
To be fair Seph, a lot of people (and much of the media) don't like Farage and his 'gang'.

It remains to be seen in future voting if those that don't like him are in greater number than those that liked Europe, which was in itself a master class in 'not reading the room' ;)

Hugh 05-09-2025 10:02
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36202234)
Yours is an opinion. Not a statement of truth. You don't like Farage and colour your posts accordingly.
It’s not "opinions" that Farage hasn’t attended the House of Commons since it re-opened on the 1st September (because he was in the USA), he has not held a Constituency Surgery since he was elected 14 months ago, and that he only voted 95 times out of 267 votes in the House of Commons last session - those are facts/statements of truth.

Carth 05-09-2025 11:03
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Different I know but

I think I've only voted about 5 times in the 50 odd years I've been eligible to, and there's probably many who've never bothered at all . . and the wife is one of them. She's quite happy and contented as long as she can turn the TV on and see soap operas, programs about dogs, hospital dramas, and all the shit shows with celebrities in them.
Given the state of apathy surrounding voting, Farage is probably in the range of 'normal' :D

papa smurf 05-09-2025 11:21
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36202237)
It’s not "opinions" that Farage hasn’t attended the House of Commons since it re-opened on the 1st September (because he was in the USA), he has not held a Constituency Surgery since he was elected 14 months ago, and that he only voted 95 times out of 267 votes in the House of Commons last session - those are facts/statements of truth.
and we thank you for your truth

Pierre 05-09-2025 12:48
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36202219)
I'm not surprised she's joined Reform UK, given her track record.

Meanwhile, in the States, Farage has not been getting an easy reception with his attempts to paint UK as comparable to North Korea.


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2819428.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c0ez8wj275zo
I watched the whole thing live on TV, Farage sailed through it.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36202229)
Or, he could have been doing his day-job, attending Parliament after it’s Summer Recess…
He was doing the whole country a service by highlighting to our American friends, and the whole world, how bad and authoritarian our government has become that any global citizen anywhere in the world could make a comment on any social media platform, and if they happened to enter the U.K. they could be arrested for it.

Itshim 05-09-2025 14:34
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Given the way the laws works in UK , is he that far off a authoritarian state , nanny doesn't describe it any more.

Paul 05-09-2025 14:55
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36202258)
He was doing the whole country a service by highlighting to our American friends, and the whole world, how bad and authoritarian our government has become that any global citizen anywhere in the world could make a comment on any social media platform, and if they happened to enter the U.K. they could be arrested for it.
Hes probably not wrong, but given events this year I dont think the US is a great example either.

Damien 05-09-2025 15:33
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
The US is just the other side of the coin; people have been arrested and even deported for leading protests over Gaza that were not violent. Citizens themselves have protection from the 1st Amendment, but even then, the Government will use what power it has to make life difficult for you.

Being free speech is easy when it's speech you like; the test is when it's speech you don't. Farage is no different in wanting police action against speech he doesn't like: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/...milkshake-joke

Quote:
The BBC has defended the comedian Jo Brand against claims she incited violence in comments she made during a radio show.

Brand, who joined the Heresy talk show on Radio 4 as a guest on Tuesday, joked about throwing battery acid at “unpleasant characters” instead of milkshakes.

Nigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit party and one of several European election candidates that had milkshakes thrown on them in recent weeks, tweeted: “This is incitement of violence and the police need to act.”

On the show, Brand said: “Why bother with a milkshake when you could get some battery acid?”
It's the same the other way around with people who were saying that Kneecap shouldn't be prosecuted for the stuff they said as part of a performance (although I do think they were getting quite close to borderline) saying Graham Linehan should be. If you set that standard for Linehan, then it will come around to bite you. I think this is especially obvious when Reform are leading in the polls, good luck with what will happen when they take power.

1701-e 05-09-2025 16:43
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Just seen a clip of Andrea Jenkins in sequins singing her way onto the reform stage. The future is indeed bleak

Sephiroth 05-09-2025 16:58
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1701-e (Post 36202288)
Just seen a clip of Andrea Jenkins in sequins singing her way onto the reform stage. The future is indeed bleak
A fine lady, indeed.

papa smurf 05-09-2025 17:43
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36202292)
A fine lady, indeed.
Our reginal Mayor

Hugh 07-09-2025 09:11
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Some clarifications/re-phrases/mis-speaks…

Friday

https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...prime-minister

Quote:
we will stop the boats within two weeks of winning government.”
Saturday

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c237k55y90ko

Quote:
he would stop the boats within two weeks of passing laws
Last November

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...riend-property

Quote:
“I’ve just exchanged contracts on the house that I’ll be living there in – is that good enough? … I’ve bought a house in Clacton. What more do you want me to do?”
Last January

Quote:
He also told LBC in January that he had bought a house in Clacton, saying: “That’s why you can see me out, often on a Saturday morning, out buying the essentials – limes, tonic, all that sort of thing.”
Yesterday

https://news.sky.com/story/nigel-far...atter-13426302

Quote:
He admitted to me that he made a mistake when he said it was his property.

He said he "shouldn't have said 'I', I should have said 'we'. It's her money. It's her asset. I own none of it. But I just happen to spend some time there".
He says what he means and means what he says, apparently…

papa smurf 07-09-2025 09:19
Re: Reform UK's chronicles
 
Yawn :sleep:


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