Live webchat with UKIP leader Nigel Farage, Thurs 24 Feb, 1-2pm

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Our live webchat guest this week is Nigel Farage. He is the leader of UKIP and has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1999.

Known for his straight-talking, Nigel has made the headlines with forthright speeches, once telling the EU President he had the charisma of a 'damp rag'.

He is a regular on programmes including BBC Question Time.

If you have a question you'd like to put to Nigel, please join the webchat this Thursday lunchtime, 1pm - 2pm. If you won't be around then, please post your question here.

Nothing with fruit MrsDV? I find Nigella's chocolate ornage cake to be extremely yummy

I am well aware of teh UKIP colours; they ahvd a very overt member between here and Asda. It's certainly- ahem- vivid.

Given that DS1 wants to be a jewlerry designer am assuming that anyhting he designs will by default be a British style? No?

The UKIP leaflets look like they are for a dodgy loan company. They only reinforce my concerns about what they consider to be the future of British design.

Or perhaps they're basing the claim that British designers need to get a move on and do something different based on their experience with the ?crappy? designers they chose to employ.

You are welcome to go along to your local UKIP branch meeting and see for yourself that UKIP members are pretty ordinary people. We have a variety of views and opinions, but we are basically just like you.

Who'd have thought that cake choices could be such a political minefield. No wonder we normally stick to biscuits.

I am thinking Krispy Kremes......

Sickly, synthetic, you are not really sure what goes into them...

What I find really "monster raving and looney" is how many of the posters on here think it's perfectly sensible to be a member of an institution so undemocratic (the EU) that it refuses to give the people referendums on whether they want to be in or out, ignores them when they do say NO (Eire),is presided over by unelected faceless bureaucrats on the gravy train who are paid more than than elected politicians, milks us for millions every year etc etc.

Now I know this is my personal opinion... but I think people who join UKIP are too cowardly to join the BNP. Whenever I see a UKIP poster in a window I think 'I bet you wish that was a BNP one'

Just my opinion...

Would that be the 'right type' of ordinary people MormonKris? Thank you for the invitation, I won't be taking it up.

eice: It's national governments that decide on whether to give their people referendums and whether or not to ignore them. You should hold the right people accountable, really.

Blaming the EU is a bit like muttering about 'global capitalism' when Tesco have run out of milk.

Now I ahve a question for Nigel please

The bloke down the road who has the vivid sigsns, one says Say No To Europe.

I have a very literal autistic ds who EVERY SINGLE TIME we pass says 'what's the point of saying not to Europe? It's a continent, it won;t understand us. And it woudlnt; speak English if it did so we'd have to say Non, or Nein. And then you have to use manners so it woudl be please say no thank you to Europe. Except not to Europe but it's people. And in their language'

So can you change your signs to 'Please say no in a polite phrase using geographically appropriate language to those people who would like us to be part of the EU'

Ta

And yes, why American supporetrs? Don't get it: UK, Europe......????????

dawntigga- the Viscount Monckton stuff was v interesting! I don't vant a viscount...

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I'm confused. Why is American politics even featuring on this thread. I thought it was a discussion with a British politician.

Also, how are you [UKIP supporters] expecting to win favour with mum's [voters] if you insinuate that we are incapable of thinking for ourselves or doing doing anything other than 'home-making' (whatever that may be)?

If the bureaucrats in Europe are really faceless then that's excellent news: one for us disability activists then. A new disability on me though and I thought I knew most of them.

You didn't really mean that did you? You were ranting yes? just a teeny weensy leetle bit and with slightly emotive langauge.........

'Everyone knows you can't make Battenberg!'

Sorry this quote came to me. My friend and I used to add it to exchanges now and then for no reason. I think it comes from 'Wetherby' Or a less mangled version of it..

Sorry for the intrusion.......

PMSL at this thread.

Please excuse my ignorance, Did Farage actually respond /defecate anywhere ?

No Hymie - he's here at lunchtime tomorrow.

No, he's not here yet, hymie. We've got his warm-up act on instead...

D'oh ! I should learn to read the small print.

what do you want to read me for?

I have to say this thread is making me larf.

Oh and MormonKris,

You've never answered whether you are actually registered to vote in our sceptr'd isle?

Love the idea of joining 'ordinary' gun-totin', home-makin', thirst-quenchin', lip-smackin' folk, though. And I am a fan of tea-parties too. I vet all my pastries thoroughly (was going to write 'patisserie' but that's an unacceptably furren word, isn't it?)

(I am surprised to hear that your party has physical attractiveness criteria for membership. Tho' you must tighten this up. Sadly the UKIPers round my way are very far from 'pretty'.)

I do hope that Nigel isn't stopping by to defecate, hymie.

He might (OK, will) talk shit though.

madam - have you not google-imaged Peter & Gawain ?

CaptainNancy I find my sign off's are the tiniest bit Marmite.

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