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Originally Posted by Chris
The point is, most people are not sufficiently expert in international affairs to arrive at a meaningful position on such things. Unless we’re content to speak out of blind ignorance, our speech is informed by the sources we choose to consume. So the fact that many people have taken Farage’s position doesn’t dilute the significance of that fact. Especially not in this social media age.
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And yet the most important issue in the UK in the area of international affairs was decided by plebiscite.
I find the idea that the Russians wouldn’t seek to influence that, with a clear preferred outcome, yet are sitting there rooting for Farage to get what, ten(?) seats, preposterous.
This is Tories crying into their beer, wine, sherry etc. because they danced with the devil by pandering to the far right and it’s bit them in the arse.
If there’s genuine concern about Russia and Farage then serious questions have to be asked why the media, and in particular our state broadcaster, have given him a platform completely disproportionate to his popularity over the last decade and more.