Farage has announced that he'll be making an announcement...

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... an 'emergency' announcement, no less.

Presumably to announce he's finally plucked up courage to put his money were his big mouth is and stand for Parliament, after bottling it!

I quite like Clacton. But then I have a thing about faded seaside resorts. Jaywick is the UKs most deprived Borough iirc? Yet there's a bang of 'old money ' off other places in North Essex like Saffron Walden. Rural poverty is sort of hidden away and not talked about.

Farage won't do much for Clacton , anymore than Trump did for Flint, Michigan. But you can see why such places fall for the grift. Presumably the voters of Thanet are a bit more sceptical.

Jeeez!! I missed this story before, of him being both racist and homophobic. For £75.

The video is in the article, it's not pleasant:

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/11/29/watch-nigel-farage-used-homophobic-racial-slur-in-personal-message-video/

He also wants to replace the NHS with private health insurance.

I'll take it you don't understand why they'd vote Labour, then.

If you hold teachers to such high account that you think swearing on an anonymous forum is bad, just know they hold you to account for being a Trump supporter.

What on earth is 'n* d**'?!

Farage is not just about different 'views'. He is a racist, a fascist even, and the biggest opportunist ever.

If you think racism and fascism are just 'views' then what is there to say.

It's in the article and the video. Even the thumbnail says what the d* word was.

On LBC a pollster is talking about an extinction level event for the Tories with a resurgent Reform.

The scale of the rout under this projection means many of the Tories' biggest cabinet figures are now under threat in this campaign.

Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, Grant Shapps, the defence secretary, Penny Mordaunt, the Commons leader, Victoria Prentis, the attorney general, Alex Chalk, the justice secretary, David Davies, the Welsh secretary and Johnny Mercer, the armed forces minister in the cabinet are all on course to lose their seats under this projection.

Twelve of the 26 members of the cabinet who are running for re-election are at risk in total. In addition, the future of Steve Baker, Cabinet Office minister, and Bim Afolami, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and Lee Rowley, housing, planning and building safety minister, are all hanging in the balance, the projection suggests. Twenty-two of the 45 ministers of the government confirmed to stand are at risk.

There simply isn't enough champagne in the world for the night of 4th July.

An extinction-level event for the Tories AND Farridge getting his perma-tanned arse kicked by the electorate for the 8th time running.

Inject it straight into my veins!

He is just a vile man. And who paid for the plastic surgery and his teeth to be fixed, I wonder?!?

I was quoting a different poster who posted something silly referring to posters with different views as 'bots'

Both the things you mention are still 'views' in the literal sense, whether they are abhorrent or not. It also depends whether you think the best way for people to understand each other is to discuss rather than insult. I know which I prefer and which has the most success rate

Unfortunately Farage is predicted to win Clacton.

No, I know... I read it. I know what the d word IS 😂 I just don't understand the phrasing, it's a really weird turn of phrase that I've never come across before

Him winning and then having his wings clipped by Parliamentary rules poring over his finances would be revenge enough. He like Galloway who is a much better speaker would look like a fish out of water.

I know, and it is of course a distinct possibility, but I've got faith that Clacton will see the vile little shyster for what he really is, just as we did here in Thanet.

He's a millionaire living off his EU pension and was paid £75 to be racist and homophobic.

Even Trump demands more than that to be that awful.

I can't believe hesdoingg it there too.Especiallyy after he said this

Absolutely agree he has always received far too much air time. People will watch him both to listen because they like him and listen because they loath

I am not surprised wouldn’t be surprised if he had planned this all along. Unfortunately it is not longer possible to not have him joining the political debate now but I am hoping when push come to shove once again he won’t be voted as an MP. People know he is good agitator, good at campaigning and getting his message across but as an actual MP when he actually has to work they know he won’t rise to this

maybe him winning a seat showing he useless he is as an effective MP will be the nail on his coffin but i doubt it

Well yes, you could say that. Nazis just had 'views' I suppose.

Just don't ask me to be tolerant of such 'views' and expect me to discuss them quietly and sensibly. Just too vile, and dangerous.

I’ve been wondering what happened to his US grift - then I wondered if Trump wanted a good friend in the U.K. Parliament- I’m thinking I want to emigrate to Pluto if my western peers vote these 2 in tbh.
I have to say I’ve not seen so many very right wing views on a mumsnet thread before - I’m sure it’s good not to sit in an echo chamber but it is interesting as to how it’s happening.

‘Free speech’ doesn’t mean you can’t be asked to explain your opinion.

But all teachers should be nice, quiet and stay in their classrooms going above and beyond and be happy for it.

Remember there is a hard core group on here that don't like it when teachers turn around and tell them to fuck off.

He has close ties with Trump and the USA- and his main aim, it seems, is to put the final nail in the NHS coffin and profit massively from privatisation by US firms. Hope Clacton people will see right though him, and that people who would not normally vote do so just so to let him through.

I didn't ask you anything at all as you quoted me when I was replying to another poster entirely 😂

Hope 'Led by Donkeys' will put large screens in Clacton and show some of his vilest comments, like the one above with n* d**s and the like.

Exactly. He doesn't give two fucks about the people who might become his constituents. He won't even bother turning up, just like he didn't as an MEP.

The only reason he's doing this is because backing the convicted felon Donny T isn't looking like such a safe bet anymore.

He's a shit-stirring grifter, nothing more.