The Brexit Party

[not-bono-ever]

Odd story this

Brexit Party army veteran, 81, in milkshake row 'was acquitted of attempted murder' over shooting of unarmed civilian in Northern Ireland in 1974 | The Irish Post

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Badgers]

Brexit Party army veteran, 81, in milkshake row 'was acquitted of attempted murder' over shooting of unarmed civilian in Northern Ireland in 1974 | The Irish Post

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

Yeah, saw that too.

Modern British politics is a fucking ugly place. How did we get so thick?

 

[The39thStep]

Do you consider Farage to be a fascist?

No he isn't . He might be a Tory spiv who wants to push back working class rights at work, privatise more of the NHS, an ex banker, golf club bore and more but he was explicit on letting fash join UKIP . We need to concentrate anti fascism on those nearest to fascism SYL, For Britain and the UKIP/ DFLA rump. Broaden the canvass and it makes anti fascism a laughing stock .

 

[not-bono-ever]

he was never a banker TBF, he was a fairly shoddy metals broker on the LME at Rouse - he didnt exactly set the world alight with his business acumen & his own startup shithole outift went under fairly quickly. he went under in one of the most gerrymandered closed shops you can imagine.

 

[Dogsauce]

No he isn't . He might be a Tory spiv who wants to push back working class rights at work, privatise more of the NHS, an ex banker, golf club bore and more but he was explicit on letting fash join UKIP . We need to concentrate anti fascism on those nearest to fascism SYL, For Britain and the UKIP/ DFLA rump. Broaden the canvass and it makes anti fascism a laughing stock .

Wouldn’t call him fash either, but always felt like his disapproval of BNP/EDL types was more class-based, fine to tell those racist jokes at the golf club and dog-whistle stuff about Turkey.

 

[kabbes]

I thought fascism involved the ur-fascist hero myth about there being no better fate than to die in service of the country? Don’t see much of that in Farage and his followers. It’s not so much fascism as brashism

 

[not-bono-ever]

OpportunoTwatishFascist

I do think you have to be careful chucking terms like fascist around though. I dunno

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Wouldn’t call him fash either, but always felt like his disapproval of BNP/EDL types was more class-based, fine to tell those racist jokes at the golf club and dog-whistle stuff about Turkey.

indeed. old UKIP seemed to set out to be 'respectable' face of racism

 

[jarndyce]

indeed. old UKIP seemed to set out to be 'respectable' face of racism

More representative of Middle England (of which there are many).

 

[Santino]

The British Empire was stealing land and comitting genocidal acts long before some Johnny Foreigner came up with a trendy name for it. What's wrong with bit of good old-fashioned imperialism?

 

[Poi E]

How did we get so thick?

American influence, innit

 

[teqniq]

Antidote to the Brexshit party

 

[Badgers]

Another possible 'investigation' which will likely go nowhere. We can hope though

EU fraud watchdog considering Nigel Farage investigation | Nigel Farage | The Guardian

The European Union’s anti-fraud watchdog is considering whether Nigel Farage should be investigated for any illegal activity over lavish payment from Arron Banks, the Guardian has learned.

The agency, which goes by its French acronym, Olaf, revealed it was carrying out an assessment, which could lead to a formal investigation. This “initial assessment … does not mean that the individuals in question are guilty of any wrongdoing”, it said.

While not a full-blown inquiry, it is a rare and significant step for Olaf to consider investigating a member of the European parliament.

 

[Winot]

indeed. old UKIP seemed to set out to be 'respectable' face of racism

BNP with a tie

 

[Poi E]

No shame.

"Claire Fox, the longtime Revolutionary Communist party activist who led the Brexit party campaign in the north-west, sipped her pint and addressed her pub audience: “Politics has come alive!” she said, likening the party to Manchester’s pro-democracy Peterloo massacre."

'Swept up on a tide': disaffected voters flock to Brexit party across north-west

 

[treelover]

Antidote to the Brexshit party

Lots of responses having a pop at about the 60 quid Fred Perry!

 

[teqniq]

Lots of responses having a pop at about the 60 quid Fred Perry!

In a parallel universe perhaps. I just had a look below the tweet and I can't see any.

 

[treelover]

Its posted all over the web, and there are some on the twitter, not that page, someone even criticised for identiifying with the proud boys, he was canadian I think.

 

[brogdale]

Lots of responses having a pop at about the 60 quid Fred Perry!

Do you think they have a point?

 

[treelover]

Do you?

 

[treelover]

My local Tory County Councillor felt it erudite to point out the bloke is wearing a shirt that costs £75. Because that's OBVIOUSLY the most important thing to focus on here & because only poor people vote Labour. Twat.

It is indeed being weaponised.

 

[brogdale]

Do you?

Seeing as you ask, no.
But I'm a little confused having to answer a question when I asked you what you thought about something you had posted.

 

[treelover]

to a point, yes, it is being weaponised, even though overall the video is a having a substantial impact, Guido will certainly pick up on it.

 

[Ax^]

Lots of responses having a pop at about the 60 quid Fred Perry!

bet he has flat screen tv and a subscription to Sky as well

 

[Ax^]

so anyone got any real legs to the story that the pensioner hit with the milkshake was bullshite or not

 

[brogdale]

to a point, yes, it is being weaponised, even though overall the video is a having a substantial impact, Guido will certainly pick up on it.

Fuck.Off.Twat.

 

[treelover]

WTF!, what on earth is that about? I was pointing out the right is weaponising the FP, whether that is significant is another thing.

This is a fucking ugly site sometimes...

 

[redsquirrel]

WTF!, what on earth is that about? I was pointing out the right is weaponising the FP, whether that is significant is another thing.

This is a fucking ugly site sometimes...

brogdale might have been a bit blunt but you do come out with some rubbish at time. Of course the right will whine about something that doesn't make such criticisms valid, and it is a pathetic criticism.

 

[Dogsauce]

& who gives the slightest fuck about what Guido is going on about apart from a few bow-tied ringpieces taking a break from writing letters to the local paper bemoaning political correctness? That stuff has no traction.

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

brogdale might have been a bit blunt but you do come out with some rubbish at time. Of course the right will whine about something that doesn't make such criticisms valid, and it is a pathetic criticism.

Where did he say the criticisms were valid?