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.

pmsl damsel... just LOL at that.

Would love to be a fly on the wall at MNHQ right now

PMSL @ Club Penguin

On the plus side, student journalists everywhere will be eager to interview him as they'll get to feel like paxman on newsnight. And by student journalists I do mean the ones writing for the infant school newsletter.

Perhaps he and my FIL could meet up to exchange rape jokes. The visiting hours at the home are fairly flexible...

'Sexy' doesn't have to have a sexual meaning - sexy can also mean 'interesting' - ' let's make this sexy' is a term often used in advertising etc.

The scene in MNHQ will be farage considering his options and deciding that, yes, the club penguin crowd are likely to be tough, but the neopets lot might be a bit fluffier and easier to handle.

ROAR! @ Damsel
Club Penguin

bad example of advertising there really carminaburana

When advertisers say "let's make it sexier", what do they generally do?

Have a little think

Whatever the semantics Carmina, I'd expect an elected politician to choose his words more carefully - particularly in relation to Italian politics at the moment.

Sexy can mean 'flamboyant'. - Italian politics is certainly colourful - that's what I'm sure was meant here

Think we'll have to agree to disagree Carmina. Whatever the meaning, it was inappropriate.

DID I'm a neopetter so I think he'd have issues even there.

GoesOffToHerMutantQuiggleTiggaxx

?adjective, sex·i·er, sex·i·est.
1.
concerned predominantly or excessively with sex; risqué: a sexy novel.
2.
sexually interesting or exciting; radiating sexuality: the sexiest professor on campus.
3.
excitingly appealing; glamorous: a sexy new car.

I think number 3 is closest to what you are trying to say. Close but no cigar, even with that meaning it's foul.

Blimey- just read the Camilla Long article... great link tanterose.

And we haven't even started on his answer about special needs..............

Jesus there is a whole thread just in that answer.

I'm not entirely sure that went well. Did we get any actual answers?

Thanks to everyone who took part, it has been most entertaining enlightening.
I have lurked throughout and from the 'fans' all the way through to the man himself - this thread has turned my vague misgivings into substance.

I know lots of the arguments on here are very emotionally provocative like accusations that he supports under-age prostitution etc. But seriously, look at it objectively like any open minded person should and you will realise that they are nothing more than childish pathetic foot stamping tactics. Research the EU and where it's going instead of picking away at UKIP if you are concerned about genuine problems like the type society your children will grow up into.

http://www.youtube.com/user/patcondell#p/f/6/NjBJcbwGrXI video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2699800300274168460# Watch them.

just read through all of this and words absolutely fail me

if it looks like a parochial, narrow minded , misogynist male then ,and talks like one and issues sound bites like one............

just foul , absolutely foul

repugnant, anti woman nonesense

I'm not going to watch them

So there

I posted the article, because LadyBB wanted to know if he'd ever been likened to Alan B'stard....doncha love Google!

it was quite an acerbic article (I didn't know anything about Nigel, I am not in the UK..) but if he dishes it out, then he must learn to take it, eh?

Goodness me well he did an excellent job of persuading us to vote for any of the other parties on offer. What a shockingly bad webchat.

Child bearing age btw, for me started at nine and no doubt will not end till I'm 55 - so no-one better employ me

What an idiotic answer.

Well yes, dawntigga. But, I can imagine he'll think the neopetters will be an easy crowd.

LOL @ 'Yes- Godfrey Bloom has also been accused by Nikki Sinclaire of calling her 'queer'- I'm sure it was just the way he said it...

And glasnost, I couldn't agree more.