DiggerUK Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Expect Farage to..........spend the next few years increasingly ramping gold to give the City boys a greater fool to sell to when it goes parabolic No, he's the sort of spiv who would sex up silver for the numpties to buy..._ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 He quit before because he wanted his life back.....I see him as champion windup merchant, trouble stirer...OTT, likes the sound of his own voice.....doubt we will see the last of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 (edited) Critique of Farage's tenure by Richard North (who shared an office with him for 4 years in Strasbourg). He doesn't hold back... http://eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=86132 Top of the week's news for a few nanoseconds is the resignation of Ukip leader Nigel Farage – once again. I suppose we must wait for the statutory ten-day return period before it can be taken as confirmed. Already, the political eulogies are flooding in, with the media rewriting history – casting Farage as the man who got us the referendum and then proceeded to win it: "the man who got us out of Europe". Actually, as regards the referendum, he always opposed the idea – preferring to put his resources into taking Parliament by storm through the election process. When he found he could not block it, he reluctantly supported it, climbing on the bandwagon at the last minute. However, he made no preparations for the campaign, rejected outright the idea of an exit plan and, when it came to the lead campaigner designation, the submission made on his behalf was so woefully inadequate that Farage ended up consigned to the periphery of the campaign, and us lumbered with Vote Leave. Having thus done his best to lose us the campaign before it had even started, he then intensified his efforts with an obsessive focus on immigration – failing to distinguish between free movement of persons and the EU asylum policy, culminating in "that" advert, which probably cost us thousands of votes. The majority of British voters nevertheless opted to leave the EU – for reasons we still do not fully understand. Now, with the political parties in turmoil, never before has clear direction been needed. But clearly, Farage is not the one to provide that,. With nothing useful to contribute to the debate, at least he has the decency to do the appropriate thing and resign. However, with unconfirmed rumours that his Brussels offices have been raided, believed to be at the behest of Olaf investigating falsified documents in relation to Ukip's finances, Farage could be jumping before he is pushed. More than a few are suggesting that this "shock" move was not voluntary. If one was to look for a political legacy, Farage was always a good spokesman and a moderately competent debater – let down by his indifferent grasp of detail, although so often paired with people who knew less, this was not always a handicap. But he was also rigorous in excluding competition and suppressing fresh talent, so we will never know whether someone better might have emerged to lead Ukip more effectively, making victory more assured. From a personal perspective, having shared a desk with him in Strasbourg over the four years that I worked for Ukip in the early days of our representation in the European Parliament, I have to say that he is a man best savoured from a distance – the greater the better. His "boyish charm" is wafer thin and behind the façade he is a liar, a bully and a braggart, who does not know the meaning of the word loyalty. Personally he has done me great harm and, in my view, has held back the development of the party to the extent that he is largely responsible for its current parlous state. Whether there is anyone of calibre ready to step up and take his place remains to be see but, from past performance, with the dictator gone we can expect a period of bitter in-fighting before a clear victor emerges. But this is a bad time for it to be happening, when we need focus on the EU withdrawal process. As always, therefore, Farage has put himself before party and himself before country, telling us, "I want my life back". Well, having blighted many others, he can go and get his life. There will be no regrets over his passing from this quarter. Edited July 4, 2016 by Dave Beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gardener Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Maybe. Maybe not. This has cemented the idea into the heads of contemporary politicians that direct democracy is a REAL threat to their representative democracy. Oh... that, and the establishment is full of liars with their own agendas which are generally not in the public interests. Brexit referendum issues will head back to parliament and stalemate, a GE will occur at some point, and we return to status quo. Oh. Everybody who's been posting bigoted crap and armchair anarchist threats on social media & the interwebs have condemned themselves to being on a watch list for life. The UK knows how do deal with indigenous troublemakers who aren't plugged into one of the houses of Parliament. That's one of its redeeming features throughout history. Oh yea. And Brits are too fickle. Threaten their global perceived hegemony and they'll get right back to football, swilling pints at the local, and bleating on about house prices. Brexit??? oh look, a new iphone...! Armchair anarchist? Watch list?All it takes is peaceful protest. Nobody need do any more. Peaceful protest. The game is up and they know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moesasji Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 I don't like Farage and voted Remain (though I'm seeing more and more silver linings) but hats off to him for almost single-handedly creating and leading a movement that has changed the political landscape of the UK - and doing so from outside of Parliament. Credit where credit is due. Farage isn't actually the founder of UKIP, that was Alan Sked in 1993. See for example: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/26/ukip-founder-alan-sked-party-become-frankensteins-monster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko2010 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Equal credit then given they both founded it surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepLurker Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Farage rides into the sunset, his job done. The Brexit negotiations drag on and on - the government, the opposition, and virtually all MPs are dead set against it. The conservatives rapidly elect a new leader... a Europhile. Meanwhile, Labour is in an endless civil war, and their core electorate is more and more alienated. The Noisy Left are shouting 'racist! racist!' at every opportunity. 52% who voted out are getting angrier and angrier at the delays, and at being called 'racists!' and 'thickos!' every day. They are ready to to vote for any party that will quickly move ahead with Brexit - that will be UKIP, but with Farage gone, they have no other decent leader (Farage made sure of that) and in as unelectable as Labour. Farage comes out of retirement - like De Gaulle in 1958 - a hero who will save the country. Could this be his plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
long time lurking Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Farage rides into the sunset, his job done. The Brexit negotiations drag on and on - the government, the opposition, and virtually all MPs are dead set against it. The conservatives rapidly elect a new leader... a Europhile. Meanwhile, Labour is in an endless civil war, and their core electorate is more and more alienated. The Noisy Left are shouting 'racist! racist!' at every opportunity. 52% who voted out are getting angrier and angrier at the delays, and at being called 'racists!' and 'thickos!' every day. They are ready to to vote for any party that will quickly move ahead with Brexit - that will be UKIP, but with Farage gone, they have no other decent leader (Farage made sure of that) and in as unelectable as Labour. Farage comes out of retirement - like De Gaulle in 1958 - a hero who will save the country. Could this be his plan? Doubt it team blue knows whats at stake if they fail on this one ..see Scotland SNP /Labour for whats at stake and the SNP lost the vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrink Proof Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Perhaps he just wants to spend some time with his German wife before she's deported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDevil Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 I suspect he can take a few years off with the wealth gained with HIS 'big short' on the pound.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfinger Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 No, he's the sort of spiv who would sex up silver for the numpties to buy..._ Hear, hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfinger Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Critique of Farage's tenure by Richard North (who shared an office with him for 4 years in Strasbourg). He doesn't hold back... http://eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=86132 Thanks for posting. Interesting comments there too. So, the referendum happened despite of Farage's initial resistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Thanks for posting. Interesting comments there too. So, the referendum happened despite of Farage's initial resistance. I've just ordered his book.. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Deception-European-survive-Referendum/dp/1472939662/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467668659&sr=8-1&keywords=richard+north Seems interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash4781 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 He said he'll see out his term in the EU parliament. I wonder how much he's had in salary and expenses from the EU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertorchid Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Farage will be be knighted one day. It will just take a while for all the snowflakes to accept he actually did us a service by retaining autonomy and releasing us from the EU superstate project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer466 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Farage will be be knighted one day. It will just take a while for all the snowflakes to accept he actually did us a service by retaining autonomy and releasing us from the EU superstate project. Ennobled.... Lord Farage of Thanet....... Life Peerage. Cameron won't do it as he detests him and apparently the feeling is mutual.. But I would be surprised if it didn't happen around the same time he stands down from his MEP role. UKIP 4 Million+ votes at last years election and they have two members in the Lords who are transferees from the Tory's. The Lib Dems have 107 members in the Lords and were beaten out of sight by the UKIP vote. The Lords is supposed to reflect the party votes in the Country clearly at the moment and because Cameron is a grade a cant it doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovely Rum Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 farage is merely a puppet look at the key events since the referendum party join the dots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 So is he going to set up a carpet cleaning business now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko2010 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Ennobled.... Lord Farage of Thanet....... Life Peerage. That reminds me, the police investigation into Tory overspend at the GE in Thanet has gone very quiet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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