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To ask if you agree with ‘the flag flyers’

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Gobbledygook123 · 19/09/2025 17:54

Plus if you’re also educated and at least middle income?

The only people I know personally that agree with Farage et al are from working class backgrounds and/or are generally not educated higher than GCSE level.

Granted this is quite a small snapshot but this includes friends of friends, acquaintances etc so wondering if my perception of the ‘typical Farage voter’ is correct or skewed.

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MrsB2603 · 20/09/2025 21:13

”middle income” I have a degree and I completely disagree with the flag flyers, I won’t get into it all but that answers your question from me😂

Lemonandorangecheescake · 20/09/2025 21:10

Gobbledygook123 · 20/09/2025 20:56

@Lemonandorangecheescake Could you derail a different thread I’m recognising you’re username quite a bit on various threads 😬 always the same rhetoric, “I’m not a racist but…”

It's a free country isn't it? Oh, hang on a minute.
I'm sorry, I forgot this thread was about you trying to claim that flag flyers are thick and uneducated. What a terribly judgemental topic to do a thread about.

Posters like yourself who assume everything about others are the ones who sound uneducated to me, and not very bright.

Valeyard15 · 20/09/2025 20:59

If our priority is keeping women and girls safe, I would suggest a long hard look at the people Tommy Robinson pals around with. The threat is coming from inside the house.

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Gobbledygook123 · 20/09/2025 20:56

@Lemonandorangecheescake Could you derail a different thread I’m recognising you’re username quite a bit on various threads 😬 always the same rhetoric, “I’m not a racist but…”

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Lemonandorangecheescake · 20/09/2025 20:01

sleepwouldbenice · 20/09/2025 18:27

There aren't many people who dont want to stop the.boats, its a dangerous and ridiculous way of getting to the UK
But, without goggling, what % of immigration last year was illegal / small boats.
Do you really think that solving this issue tomorrow would solve so much of our problems?
You really have been duped

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I've been duped? That's priceless.

Lemonandorangecheescake · 20/09/2025 19:59

autumnsessions · 20/09/2025 18:31

You want me to hurl insults at myself - are you for real?😂

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Well if you believe in yourself, then why would you be insulting yourself? You're not making sense.

autumnsessions · 20/09/2025 18:31

Lemonandorangecheescake · 20/09/2025 18:18

You're not willing to answer me, yet keep throwing questions at me,

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You want me to hurl insults at myself - are you for real?😂

MsGiGi · 20/09/2025 18:31

I’m working class, but degree educated (Law). I don’t agree with the flag flyers at all. It’s not the flags that are the issue, but the message they’re trying to convey (xenophobia and racism)

sleepwouldbenice · 20/09/2025 18:27

Lemonandorangecheescake · 20/09/2025 17:50

No I didn't go, but I would've done if I could. I'm not racist, I've friends from all different backgrounds.
The one thing I want is to stop the illegal immigrants on boats coming here, because we can't afford to accommodate them and we don't know their identities, their background history, or where they're from.

That doesn't make me a racist for wanting our Government to look after our own pensioners or homeless people first. And it doesn't make me a racist for not wanting unknown people living amongst us.

Why don't you describe yourself?

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There aren't many people who dont want to stop the.boats, its a dangerous and ridiculous way of getting to the UK
But, without goggling, what % of immigration last year was illegal / small boats.
Do you really think that solving this issue tomorrow would solve so much of our problems?
You really have been duped

sleepwouldbenice · 20/09/2025 18:25

Lemonandorangecheescake · 20/09/2025 17:30

I don't 'deserve' to be called any labels, but if you feel better calling people racists when you know nothing about them then that just shows your ignorance.

Feel free to carry on with your labels though, your opinion means zilch to me.

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Your permission means so much to me..

Lemonandorangecheescake · 20/09/2025 18:18

autumnsessions · 20/09/2025 18:12

I could describe myself with lots of labels that people would happily throw at me on here. I don't get excited about it, though. I do what I do - the labels don't change that.

What do you want the gov to do to stop the people arriving here on the boats?

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You're not willing to answer me, yet keep throwing questions at me,

autumnsessions · 20/09/2025 18:12

Lemonandorangecheescake · 20/09/2025 17:50

No I didn't go, but I would've done if I could. I'm not racist, I've friends from all different backgrounds.
The one thing I want is to stop the illegal immigrants on boats coming here, because we can't afford to accommodate them and we don't know their identities, their background history, or where they're from.

That doesn't make me a racist for wanting our Government to look after our own pensioners or homeless people first. And it doesn't make me a racist for not wanting unknown people living amongst us.

Why don't you describe yourself?

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I could describe myself with lots of labels that people would happily throw at me on here. I don't get excited about it, though. I do what I do - the labels don't change that.

What do you want the gov to do to stop the people arriving here on the boats?

Lemonandorangecheescake · 20/09/2025 17:50

autumnsessions · 20/09/2025 17:41

Did you go to the protest? How do you describe yourself? Why not racist - why are you so offended by that label?

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No I didn't go, but I would've done if I could. I'm not racist, I've friends from all different backgrounds.
The one thing I want is to stop the illegal immigrants on boats coming here, because we can't afford to accommodate them and we don't know their identities, their background history, or where they're from.

That doesn't make me a racist for wanting our Government to look after our own pensioners or homeless people first. And it doesn't make me a racist for not wanting unknown people living amongst us.

Why don't you describe yourself?

autumnsessions · 20/09/2025 17:41

Lemonandorangecheescake · 20/09/2025 17:30

I don't 'deserve' to be called any labels, but if you feel better calling people racists when you know nothing about them then that just shows your ignorance.

Feel free to carry on with your labels though, your opinion means zilch to me.

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Did you go to the protest? How do you describe yourself? Why not racist - why are you so offended by that label?

Lemonandorangecheescake · 20/09/2025 17:30

sleepwouldbenice · 20/09/2025 14:41

Well if you agree with them then you deserve the labels of far right and racist

Plenty of people on that march wouldn't be those things, but close alignment of views with those vile people is a clear red flag

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I don't 'deserve' to be called any labels, but if you feel better calling people racists when you know nothing about them then that just shows your ignorance.

Feel free to carry on with your labels though, your opinion means zilch to me.

cygnusgenie · 20/09/2025 15:30

Absolutely hate them. Higher degrees

JenniferBooth · 20/09/2025 15:26

Redpeach · 20/09/2025 15:23

I changed plans to avoid

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I cant. The protest is right next to the taxi rank No other way to get to it.

Redpeach · 20/09/2025 15:23

JenniferBooth · 20/09/2025 15:17

There is one of those protests here this afternoon i wont be attending but i will have to walk through it to get to the taxi rank after ive picked up some shopping for my elderly mother. When these protests are in town centres we sometimes have no choice but to be in the same place

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I changed plans to avoid

JenniferBooth · 20/09/2025 15:17

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 20/09/2025 08:45

There were MEGA (Make England Great Again) hats being worn at the RacistsUnited Tommy Robinson protest last week.

I hasten to add that I saw photos of them in the paper, I wasn't there personally!

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There is one of those protests here this afternoon i wont be attending but i will have to walk through it to get to the taxi rank after ive picked up some shopping for my elderly mother. When these protests are in town centres we sometimes have no choice but to be in the same place

Goldenbear · 20/09/2025 14:45

Gobbledygook123 · 20/09/2025 12:35

I think this is according to current opinion polls which I looked up too

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Oh yea, well that makes sense but I don't think that was the case in 2019 and most elections prior to that.

sleepwouldbenice · 20/09/2025 14:42

Oh and of course trotting out the phrase MSM.... noting that GBeebies news isn't a registered news channel for a reason..

sleepwouldbenice · 20/09/2025 14:41

Lemonandorangecheescake · 20/09/2025 11:34

It doesn't surprise me that you disagree with the number of people I quoted, because it's being trotted out by the MSM (via the Government) that there were only around 150,000 max in attendance. This is clearly not true, but no point in getting into a debate as to why it's so obvious that thousands more people were there.

As for supporting a rally or protest organised by Tommy Robinson, with speeches given by Ant Middleton and Katie Hopkins, I'm my own person, just like everyone else is, and just because people went along to the march, it doesn't have to mean that we all like or agree with a absolutely everything they all say.
By this I mean, I'm no big fan of KH, for instance, as she's said so many things I don't agree with.

However, I do agree with everything KH and the others said during the speeches, as including everything Elon Musk said. They are the only ones who've stuck their heads above the parapet and spoke up for what I believe the majority of people are thinking.

No one else has done the same have they?

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Well if you agree with them then you deserve the labels of far right and racist

Plenty of people on that march wouldn't be those things, but close alignment of views with those vile people is a clear red flag

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Gobbledygook123 · 20/09/2025 12:35

Goldenbear · 20/09/2025 11:23

Is this last year's election though?

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I think this is according to current opinion polls which I looked up too

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RufustheFactuaIReindeer · 20/09/2025 12:25

It doesn't surprise me that you disagree with the number of people I quoted, because it's being trotted out by the MSM (via the Government) that there were only around 150,000 max in attendance. This is clearly not true, but no point in getting into a debate as to why it's so obvious that thousands more people were there.

more than happy to agree that it looked more then 150K, but the million figure (and 3 million) is exaggerated as well, the debate on the other thread explained why it wasn’t a million but you didn’t like that….

Ablondiebutagoody · 20/09/2025 12:06

Goldenbear · 20/09/2025 11:23

Is this last year's election though?

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No, current voting intention I think