To think that appointing frog-face Farage as ambassador would be the worst thing ever?

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Does anyone actually think this is advisable? I know it won't happen, but I've just seen his horrible face all over the news talking about this.

If we are going to climb the walls every time Trump tweets something provocative or dumb, we are going to gift our own government four years' worth of days to bury bad news.

I say this in the full knowledge that I have spent an entire evening an hour thinking about this.

Farage has no idea what ambassadors actually do, or why he'd be shit at it. He probably thinks it'll be all fancy parties and plates of Ferrero Rocher.

It just gets worse doesn't it? Not only has the unthinkable happened and Trump actually won, he is now attempting to tell us who the ambassador should be!! And that vile, smarmy, gloating, facist Farage is going around with a horrible gurning smile believing this might happen!! My blood absolutely boils when I think of the two of them as ' pals' and I actually want to weep when I think of how politics is going. Who in their right mind ever thought these two imbeciles would ever have any power say five years ago, what the hell is happening?

Face it, Trump knows nothing of government, so he may well have thought he could request his little buddy as ambassador.

A good example of a politician who isn't there for the people but for his own ego and pockets

I really don't think Farage is stupid. He's a provocateur who is prepared to use any tactic available in pursuit of a goal. Not sure what his current goal is; don't think it's being an ambassador but it might be getting some job other than ukip leader.

I wonder if Trump will suggest other appointments that the Uk has to make, to keep in his favour.

Met Police Commissioner ?
Environment Secretary ? (To remove the windfarms that spoil Trump's view from his Scottish golf course)

Ambassador to the US may just be Trump's idea as an Apprenticeship for Farage, so he can later be appointed as Prime Minister.

He may be canny but he's not particularly well educated, which would normally rule out an ambassador role. Trump got elected though so perhaps it doesn't matter anymore :( . Repulsive individual.

Let's put it to referendum!

Quote from a letter in the Telegraph:
"If Donald Trump is keen for Nigel Farage to become an ambassador, perhaps the Ukip leader could start with a four-year stint in a country such as Afghanistan, so he can cut his teeth before getting a bigger posting."

YANBU.

Never liked the man & his boring rhetoric

Nope. Tony Blair returning to British politics would be worse. Oh, hang on...

Still, suppose he has to do something now he's not going to be EU Commissioner.

I find it all hilarious in a very grim humour sort of way. They're all narcissists playing with our lives. As for Blair coming back...

If ever there was a need for Spitting Image to return

I would love to see their Trump in the White House

What was the new puppet satire programme last year with Farage as an end of the pier man in candy-stripe blazer and boater? That wasn't bad.

YANBU.

I think Ian Ducan Smith summed it up in an radio 4 interview. He said We need an ambassador who would promote the UK and UK interests not themselves.

He's not usually someone I agree with.

I think The USA does have a different way of appointing ambassadors - ours are diplomats but they give the desirable posting like London and Paris to campaign supporters and allies.

YABU on the basis that your thread title is unfair on frogs. Nice little creatures they are and their passing resemblance to Farage isn't their fault.

On everything else, I agree.

Massive overstep of diplomatic boundaries for an incoming president to request who is another country's Ambassador.

Farage is like a dose of the clap, inconveniently popping up at inappropriate opportunities.

This clip of Alan Partridge toadying up to Tony Hayers' successor at his funeral pretty much sums it up:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=dMLwT1LXFAU

There is no way the twit would give up his cushy mep post.

The position is full and not being advertised. Shameful the amount of press this is getting. Same before Marinio went to ManU.

Somerville sorry for implicit criticism of toads

I think the best way for us to get through the next four years is to sit back and enjoy the idiocy of President Trump (racism, misogyny and any potential nuclear war, none of which are funny).

I'm already thoroughly looking forward to his first visit to the UK. I imagine it will be similar to the visit of Mr. Collins to the Bennett family where they all sit and snigger at his awfulness.

Yoko the etymology of toady is very interesting and isn't a criticism of toads. It is, however, apt for the Farage/Trump situation. It derives from 'toad eaters' (assistants to charlatan healers).

From here forward I will be calling Farage The Toad-Eater.

Somerville I love etymology! That sounds a bit like 'curry favour', which actually derives from 'curry Fauvel' (a horse in a mediaeval satirical book).

I think it makes good sense in a 2016 kind of way.

We're fed up with people in power being elites/career politicians/diplomats/faceless bureaucrats - so why not just allocate jobs on the basis that they are our millionaire friends or son in laws? Experience or expert knowledge means nothing.

We want to take control back - from EU - so why not just do what the US president wants instead? At least they're English speakers.

We're leaving the single market - so why not work at joining forces with a country that is about to bring back protectionism? We certainly have masses of things we can export to the US (can't think of any at the moment but I'm sure some will come. Paddington? Jam?) This will more than compensate if our financial services industry disappears.