Is Nigel Farage a hypocrite or has Wikipedia got it wrong?

[JackAdamJones]

Hi All,

I wanted to join Mumsnet as I have been reading it for years, but now have something useful to post!

Basically, we all know that Nigel Farage is a racist, but is he a hypocrite too?

According to Wikipedia 'both parents of one of Farage's great-grandfathers were Germans who emigrated to London from the Frankfurt area shortly after 1861. His German ancestor Nicholas Schrod was mentioned in newspapers in 1870 in connection with a dispute with two men over the Franco-Prussian War', which (if true) means that he is a descendant of immigrants to the United Kingdom...

What a turn up for the books!

Does anyone else have any more information on this?

All I have to say is... Vee have vays of reforming zie UK! Wunderbar!

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage

Yeah the 'he's not a racist' retort runs contrary to the evidence of him having said many racist things over the course of his life.

I'm no fan of him but his great, great grandparents emigrating to England nearly 200 years ago isn't a story. He may not be a racist but he certainly uses other peoples' racism and xenophobia to stir up discourse to promote himself

He supports fox and stag hunting.
Speaks highly of Andrew Tate.
Said what he knows about women he's learned by making so many of them pregnant.
Said "If a woman has a client base and has a child and takes two or three years off work, she is worth far less to the employer when she comes back."
Signed up for his EU passport the day after Brexit.
Rarely turned up for work when he was an MEP.

He didnt speak highly of Andrew Tate, that's a lie.

He spoke highly of him in a podcast in the summer. He said he an "important voice for men" ://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-andrew-tate-general-election-reform-b2566506.html

I know what he said, I listened to the interview in full when it came out. He wasn't speaking highly of Tate, he was saying it was a reflection of our current society that Andrew Tate has become such an important voice for so many men. I got the impression he was saying that rather than hand-wringing, people should be looking at why Tate is so popular. I am not a Farage supporter but it really irks me how the media can get away with manipulating his words to such an extent. Just plain wrong.

And look at the foolish picture they've used of him. From a paper supposedly 'Independant'.

He's had two wives, one German the other Irish - so his children and grandchildren will be entitled to EU citizenship.

Fine for some.

But he is.

I agree that this is what he meant.

Even twats get it right occasionally. It doesn’t make him a stand up member of society though.

Birds of a feather, flock together.

Perhaps you like this better?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/20/nigel-farage-andrew-tate-important-voice-men-podcast-interview