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The Left have a become a snivelling self-righteous mob, busy bodying around, trying to shame others

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Northermcharn · 09/05/2026 18:17

I read this quote and it encapsulates exactly how I feel

'I never thought I'd see the day when the Right became the cool ones giving the finger to the establishment, and the Left became the snivelling self-righteous ones going around shaming everybody'

AIBU to think this is what many people think these days? We didn't leave the left, the left left us.

*the quote is from John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten. He's deliberately provocative in lots of ways, but he meant this one. I fully expect some people to come on the thread to tell us all how he's a horror and said he likes Donald Trump. That would be them missing the point.. but.. Let Them..

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AStonedRose · 09/05/2026 18:31

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SlumChum · 09/05/2026 18:31

The 'anti-establishment' Nigel Farage was born to a wealthy family (father a stock broker), attended elite private schools, and then followed in his father's footsteps to become a trader on the London Metal Exchange.

Punk fucking rock 🤣

CurlewKate · 09/05/2026 18:29

Love the idea that the privately educated ex City trader Farage with all his links to the super rich is not part of the establishment!

SlumChum · 09/05/2026 18:26

The Left are not all blue-haired cry babies, just as the Right are not all racist flag shaggers. But both sides of the spectrum have rage-filled weirdos foaming at the mouth that people don't agree with them. I don't think politics is ever cool though, its all establishment, usually based on wealth.

ProudAmberTurtle · 09/05/2026 18:24

ghostyslovesheets · 09/05/2026 18:20

How? I’m just saying he’s not cool and he IS the establishment!

I don't like Nigel Farage but the establishment is the BBC, the government, the pro diversity obsession of all the institutions that run the country and so on.

Farage is obviously not part of that.

I'm not convinced he's particularly anti establishment but the very fact that he calls out immigration shows he's not part of the establishment - which is presumably why he's got significant support

OneTealShaker · 09/05/2026 18:23

Yes the left are now woman hating, working class hating, country hating, just generally a hating bunch of people. Always moaning, always complaining, as usual pulling everyone down to their level.

Working class warriors, they ain’t.

IceStationZebra · 09/05/2026 18:21

TeenLifeMum · 09/05/2026 18:20

The efforts to sway political views on here are getting embarrassing. I wonder if there’s a mn team set up to target mums and this was their solution 🙄

The “Mumsnet election” was GE2010. Since then it’s been an embarrassment of bots and other plants

TeenLifeMum · 09/05/2026 18:20

The efforts to sway political views on here are getting embarrassing. I wonder if there’s a mn team set up to target mums and this was their solution 🙄

ghostyslovesheets · 09/05/2026 18:20

How? I’m just saying he’s not cool and he IS the establishment!

eyeballer · 09/05/2026 18:20

No it’s the centre that’s cool!

Northermcharn · 09/05/2026 18:19

ghostyslovesheets · 09/05/2026 18:18

Nigel Farage cool ? 😂

Bless you for proving the point so very quickly!

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ghostyslovesheets · 09/05/2026 18:18

Nigel Farage cool ? 😂