Here's what Nigel Farage is up to this weekend.

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Nigel Farage is flying more than 3,000 miles to speak at a pro-Trump U.S. think tank.

For around 12 hours’ work this Saturday the Reform UK leader is expected to collect £27,856.88 from the Club for Growth, a Washington-based anti-tax lobby group that has pledged to work closely with Donald Trump ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterms.

This group helped raise £120m for Republican candidates in the 2024 election.

So while people in Clacton deal with rising costs, poverty and cuts Farage is being paid the equivalent of many people’s yearly salary to give a single speech in America.

Is the hospitality box a permanent fixture or a one off match? Did those MPs position themselves as the ultimate moral arbiter in British politics? Did they promise a reset, restoring integrity to Downing Street as a contrast to previous administrations?

Arsenal tickets or £5 million?

Not really - the young graduates I know would prefer the United States.

£5 million definitely.

But then if they don’t have an EU passport then their options are limited.

As opposed to graduates with the right to work in the EU and also can look to work in the US or Canada or Australia.

So many more opportunities.

How do we get the word out about this awful grifter. We'll be another State of America if Reform gets in. Right wing, anti abortion, low taxes, NHS-less America.

But a Trade Union would not be legally allowed to strike on those voting figures. And how many people did not understand what they are voting for?

@clavinova
Oh goodness. Honestly, I really thought you were just a right wing bot for ages. You're just incorrect. What do you think of Brexit now? Bet you love the fiasco it has been for the UK. I don't trust a word you say, I think you're paid to be on MN.

Yes that is very true.

No wonder Cameron ran away really

I think your view is somewhat elitist - the majority of young people in the UK do not want to work in the EU (or at least they wouldn't actually follow through with it), unless it's Ireland, where obviously English is the dominant language.

And in fact, there are now more opportunities for young people to work in English speaking countries such Australia since the new trade deals, as the age range and visa classes were broadened up to age 36 (previously up to age 31).

Not to mention that if we have freedom of movement with the EU again at this critical point with high youth unemployment, then hundreds of thousands of EU graduates or skilled workers would then be in competition with our new graduates and trainees. Where is the incentive for employers to train young people in the UK?

I am aware that the government is planning a youth mobility deal with the EU - let's hope there is a sensible cap.

I don't trust a word you say, I think you're paid to be on MN.

Don't be ridiculous.

But a Trade Union would not be legally allowed to strike on those voting figures

If we have a rejoin vote what split do you think there should be? 60/40? 55/45?

Fuck off with your ‘elitist’.

And we’re talking about the benefits available to young people with an EU passport.

English is often the common language when working in the EU.

It’s a right that was available to everyone before Brexit.

And, from experience, an EU passport with the right to work in Europe is a massive plus when applying for jobs in multinational companies where both short term and long term placements overseas is a requirement.

Perhaps you were thinking of something else;

'Why should this always mean women being quieter and smaller?' Shelagh Fogarty LBC'

@Clavinova

When did you switch your blind allegiance from the Tories to Reform?

I haven't switched. Have you seen the Makerfield poll? The Conservatives are on 1% for this by-election.

So you don't support reform then?

British children used to have the right to go to University in the EU paying local fees that are usually way less than the UK, let alone the US. Many countries run courses in English to attract overseas students. My son is one who took advantage of this and studied at £0 fees. And before anyone shouts about "only elites" my DH is a chimney sweep and we are both from working class backgrounds.

The new trade deals which you cite are quite minimalist when compared with those already there with EU trade deals and have now been lost.

Freedom of movement benefited UK workers and international companies recruiting. There were plenty of opportunities for English speakers in the EU. Personally l am UK born, have lived in France and fluent in French and English.

Sorry but flying thousands of miles to Australia to work as opposed to being able to pop over to all sorts of countries in Europe to work is ridiculous.

This, all of my children would have happily swapped years of debt for uni in Europe.

I also know someone who, after his apprenticeship, went to work in a factory in The Netherlands for a year. Stood him in extremely good stead when he came back and ssecsignificantly advanced his career. No need to save £££ for an airfare or to prove he had sufficient funds to maintain himself while he was there. The funds needed for the Aus/NZ/Canada schemes actually make them more elitist than the older options. I only know 2 very middle class kids who took advantage of those whereas I know loads who worked in hospitality in the EU.
Also I used to work for a European company that up until Brexit had opportunities for secondments to the Head Office. They were very much reduced after due to visa requirements.

Because unfortunately his constituents in Clayton are a bunch of snivelling, boot-licking racists who think Nigel Farage is just marvellous

I definitely agree with this. At the start of the thread it said Nigel Farage was getting $27k for a speech. He probably isn't even the keynote speaker at that event.

The fact that he can get paid so much in America is a sign of how far the UK(and Europe) have fallen behind America.

We lost companies that returned to Europe after Brexit. Then there is the finance services sector that relocated from London to the EU.Brexit prompted hundreds of firms to move an estimated £1trillion to £1.5 trillion in assets and roughly 7,000 to 10,000 jobs from London to the EU. Instead of one central hub, dispersed across several European cities. Then there would be the many working from home options too within EU companies…… the list is endless. Brexit was complete madness for our young people.