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Post by Einhorn on Aug 1, 2023 10:09:31 GMT
He could always test his popularity by running in the next GE. It's worked well for him in the past.  Right now, he'd get my vote. He'd need it. |
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Aug 1, 2023 10:23:59 GMT
If Farage were leader of the Tory Party they'd have another landslide.
He would be the UKs most popular politician by far.
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Post by Pacifico on Aug 1, 2023 10:56:01 GMT
If Farage were leader of the Tory Party they'd have another landslide. He would be the UKs most popular politician by far.Well that wouldnt be very hard when you look at the competition - Sunak, Starmer and Davey are not exactly what you would call first division.. |
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Aug 1, 2023 10:59:41 GMT
Frankly, I can't think of a time when he wouldn't have been massively popular.
Farage has been a victim of the establishment and fptp.
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Post by Pacifico on Aug 1, 2023 11:01:32 GMT
Well that is certainly true - in elections held under PR he has proven to be more popular than anyone else.
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Post by om15 on Aug 1, 2023 11:11:24 GMT
Ricky is making half hearted and belated attempts to try to pretend he is the chap that we will all vote for, and now we find out that if anyone does vote for Starmer they will get Blair. Not a very good choice is it, if Nigel chooses to stand he will get a massive support but despite that we will still get some sort of hung parliament with the DUP, SNP and Greens calling the shots.
The best that we can hope for is that Farage keeps going lifting the lid on things, he has his teeth into the Banks at the moment, but there will soon be something else, perhaps it is better for us if he remains outside the tent pissing in, he might get more done that way, if he was just an MP he would be swamped by the system.
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Post by Fairsociety on Aug 1, 2023 11:13:17 GMT
Farage hasn't caved in to the woke snowflakes, he says out loud what most normal sane people are thinking, while we have Sunak, Starmer and Davey treading on eggshells and jumping through hoops so as not to offend the minorities.
One example, we have a bunch of criminal illegal migrants, who have crossed the channel from France, and we have the Tories, Labour Lib-dems bending over backwards to make sure they access to our legal aid (which most UK citizens are not entitled to), they are put up in luxury accommodation, while most of our homeless would be given LDA (low demand accommodation).
Is there any wonder why if we held a General Election tomorrow Farage would take the majority of votes.
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Post by Einhorn on Aug 1, 2023 11:33:44 GMT
Frankly, I can't think of a time when he wouldn't have been massively popular. Farage has been a victim of the establishment and fptp. Farage has been a victim of first past the post? Are you kidding? More than 52% voted for pro-EU parties in 2019. If fptp voting wasn't in place, there would have been another referendum and history would already have forgotten the manfrog. |
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Post by Handyman on Aug 1, 2023 13:35:57 GMT
According to the latest news from the media Farage said Coutts has offered to reinstate his personal and business accounts, with the former Ukip leader also seeking compensation from the private bank. Mr Farage said the “fight goes on” as he outlined his desire for a face-to-face meeting with the bank’s bosses in a bid to understand how many other people have been affected by account closures. Two things, it's the worst move Coutts could make because they are admitting wrong doing, so they've just played into Farage hands
Second thing, Farage should flatly refuse their kind offer, and tell them to stick their toffee-nosed politically bias account up their arse.
Now a Muslim group are claiming they have suffered the same treatment from Banks for a decade |
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Post by Fairsociety on Aug 1, 2023 13:40:13 GMT
Two things, it's the worst move Coutts could make because they are admitting wrong doing, so they've just played into Farage hands
Second thing, Farage should flatly refuse their kind offer, and tell them to stick their toffee-nosed politically bias account up their arse.
Now a Muslim group are claiming they have suffered the same treatment from Banks for a decade Muslims have their own banks, they don't use conventional banking system, their faith doesn't allow it, as far as I know a couple of banks Lloyds being one have set up a Muslim bank, so basically what they are saying that all banks should have converted to Muslim decades ago to cater for their religion .. sounds about right. |
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Post by Handyman on Aug 1, 2023 13:55:53 GMT
According to this in the Guardian a couple of days ago they do also us Conventional Banks.
"Many leading British Muslim civil society activists and charities have had their bank accounts closed for years with little or no explanation. Take Finsbury Park mosque in north London, for example. HSBC closed its account, and other banks refused to take the mosque’s custom, despite no law having been broken. The mosque brought a successful libel action against Thomson Reuters, whose listing for the mosque on a risk database had led to HSBC’s decision.
Or consider one of the largest and most longstanding Muslim charities, Islamic Relief, which HSBC debanked. This had serious consequences, including hindering the delivery of crucial aid to earthquake victims in Nepal in 2015. Other banks, fortunately, did not follow suit."
IMO I suspect the Banks they used may have considered links to terrorism
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Post by Fairsociety on Aug 1, 2023 14:05:01 GMT
According to this in the Guardian a couple of days ago they do also us Conventional Banks. "Many leading British Muslim civil society activists and charities have had their bank accounts closed for years with little or no explanation. Take Finsbury Park mosque in north London, for example. HSBC closed its account, and other banks refused to take the mosque’s custom, despite no law having been broken. The mosque brought a successful libel action against Thomson Reuters, whose listing for the mosque on a risk database had led to HSBC’s decision. Or consider one of the largest and most longstanding Muslim charities, Islamic Relief, which HSBC debanked. This had serious consequences, including hindering the delivery of crucial aid to earthquake victims in Nepal in 2015. Other banks, fortunately, did not follow suit." IMO I suspect the Banks they used may have considered links to terrorism As I suspected, once they found out they could make claim for compensation, all of a sudden the banks were discriminating against their religion, I knew money and compensation would crop up.
They need bank accounts to put all their cash-for-crash insurance payouts.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2023 17:30:27 GMT
Thankyou for your honesty and insight into your politics. Sadly, this isn't the sort of politics I go for. For me it's like putting laxatives in your hash brownies. Just for the shits and giggles. Yes, I do appear to be living rent-free in your head. |
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Post by Montegriffo on Aug 1, 2023 17:40:29 GMT
For me it's like putting laxatives in your hash brownies. Just for the shits and giggles. Yes, I do appear to be living rent-free in your head. Can't be, I don't have any rent boys. BTW I meant 'one's' brownies not yours personally. Get over yourself. |
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Post by zanygame on Aug 1, 2023 19:49:14 GMT
I only mentioned it because I realised you'd forgotten too and I knew that would be foremost in your mind. Where does Drippy come from? Just curious. zany, if i were you , i would stop digging in that hole and bow out gracefully. Its over mate. Farage has made fools of the left and pro european centrists once more.
You are now reduced from trying to invest puerile arguments about banking and various other excuses throughout this thread , as your arguments fell one by one , to one line last word posts and banal exchanges.
You're probably right. It doesn't matter what you say, its what people want you to have said that matters. |
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