Stephen Flynn did well but always does because he raises Brexit unlike others.
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Stephen Flynn did well but always does because he raises Brexit unlike others.
Didn’t watch the debate but seen clips on the news. I fear Farage is going to do really well, much the same as Brexit and Trump - he says exactly what many people want to hear regardless of there being any substance to it.
Bit annoying that the only 2 I was impressed by are the Welsh and Scottish candidates. Tempted to vote green, but I guess I’m going to vote labour as it’s the only realistic alternative.
What. The. feck.
“we posted the names of these candidates early so the media could vet them”
"In latest news, Reform have no candidates after being vetted and that includes Farage and Tice."
It bothers me that an investigative journalism piece like that is then censored for language. Isn't the whole point to display the depravity of these people? Censoring the social media posts is one thing, but let the man damn himself with his words.
They won't. They'll continue to treat him and Reform as not being serious despite looking like they'll get a decent share of the overall vote, so they'll not actually get into the fine details like they will with Labour and Tories.
And because the Tories and Labour are too busy focussing on each other, they won't put the spotlight on Reforms complete lack of substance either.
So Farage gets to chirp from the sidelines with his soundbites and general racism and xenophobia, and get by unscathed.
Strange that none of them are racist, they certainly seem racist.
The editorial decisions do not worry me. What he's saying it quite clear. I just find the ease in which he casually spouts this rubbish shocking. It's so casually wrapped up in his effortlessly, Werther's Original presentation. He seems like someone you'd encounter thinking 'oh what a nice old man' before he nonchalantly begins dropping n-bombs. If anything, the matter of fact way Channel 4 presented it leaves no room for ambiguity.
What. The. feck.
“we posted the names of these candidates early so the media could vet them”
You'd think a basic social media check would be one of the first things you'd do when recruiting candidates. Then again Reform UK isn't really a party. It's just a vehicle for Farage to get media coverage and get onto televised debates during election season. So it probably only has a handful of employees.
I'm not racist... But I'm just going to say this massively racist thing.
I'd have about 0.05% more respect for them if they just went "Yes, I'm racist" because at least then they'd be fecking owning their shitty bigotry.
She still hasn't worked out why all the brown people didn't leave the country when she voted for Brexit.
Can you imagine waking up every morning and being this paranoid? The exhaustion must be crushing.
Imagine waking up and being that thick.
Intelligence does not mean ‘being really good at learning things’. That’s a terrible definition.
His finance career was a perk of schooling and privilege. As was his politics intro.
He’s a regular guy with a world class education. He’s never been impressive in the public realm / real world.
Can these tories please just go away.
Its bollocks. Its only to get some anti-ULEZ support in London where they're heading for oblivion.
Got whiplash listening to that.
Amazing how much we've progressed in 14 years...
Farage was woeful yesterday yet the media narrative to him ‘winning the debate’ has started. Racists out in force on social media.
And wasn't it interesting how much applause he got from the audience when he quite rightly said that Brexit has been a total failure.
And Trump being President.
It’s literally the opposite, anyone can retain loads of information, but processing it, manipulating it, and understanding it is the true test of intelligence.
Clearly never heard of the term ‘falling upwards’.
He's like a bad AI.
Are tory voters basically down to "I can't vote labour because they are communists" as their only reason for voting now? After this D-Day stuff, the party can't even run on nationalism.
What on earth is going to motivate people to turn up and vote?
What on earth is going to motivate people to turn up and vote?
"There were a lot of humans walking through the airport and that is why i'm running for Reform" 
A sign of how politics have gone. Our leaders keep getting worse and we are responsibe.
The compassionate side of me really wants to feel bad for her.
As with the chap in Clacton they’re upset about lost potential, about what their lives could have been, and they’ve been rendered terrified and radicalised by these shysters and charlatans.
The problem is, in the classic films when a snake-oil merchant went to a town, as soon as they were found out as frauds they were chased out of town. Farage and his ilk have been proven as frauds time and time again and yet they keep being welcomed back with open arms.
As a psychological disorder it’s fascinating…and depressing.
D-Day was seen by Sunak and aides as a "french event" so basically who goes a shit.
These lot are barking mad.
These lot are barking mad.
I mean if this stupid cow is worried about becoming a minority in Leigh of all places her racist paranoia really is off the charts, given that the area is 94% white British.
And that thick feck whoever he was at the end, who was driven to get into politics when he was shocked at people entering the country at the frigging airport? FFS.
And you are forgetting that somebody can be both, which is also unsurprising. In his past career privilege alone doesn't cut it.
Whilst his business career isn't particularly successful you have to consider the cult like following he has created. Not just anybody could have done that.
Agree with the first half. The snake oil salesman trope is an interesting comparison. I think the difference would be that communities tend to turn on the fraudsters once they have lost money and realise they can't get it back because they were defrauded (or occasionally the story will be they discover the ruse just in time and turn the tables and trick the fraudster). Whereas communities who have been left behind and are frustrated, scared and desperate still believe in the fraudsters because they haven't lost anything from it, and dont see how they would lose anything from it. For them, it still seems a risk free choice. Farage either magically solves all of their problems by reducing immigration, or he doesn't and nothing changes. But there's no immediate jeopardy of "our lives will be even worse if Farage is wrong".
Mordaunt getting praise from the high heaven on SkyNews website..
You'd swear she was brilliant
You'd swear she was brilliant
I’d agree to a point, but their lives are worse off because of Farage. Brexit hashad a bigger economic impact than Covid, leading to higher food prices, higher energy prices, greater energy insecurity, water treatment shortages etc.
The difference is that, mostly through the sink cost fallacy, they can’t be convinced that it’s Brexit and the likes of Farage who brought this about. They still believe there’s a viable Brexit out there and that they’llget everything they want with it.
It’s the equivalent of the snake-oil merchant coming back going, “No no no! The only reason my tonic didn’t work is because you only took one dose! You need to take a dose every week for the rest of your life to keep it working” and the villagers lap it up and hand over their money and dignity.
She's always had strong support in the media since she's come on the scene for whatever reason.
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