Is Farage helping or hindering Leave?

[darmstadt]

If Bob shouted that Farage is no friend of the Fishermen - that would not seem to make much sense. Farage was on a Fisherman's boat. He has spoken out in defence of their industry before, and did so again on Wednesday. The fishermen certainly seem to think he is their friend.

If he was a friend to fishermen then he would have fought for their rights in the EU and attended those meetings included a couple where votes were taken on how much can be caught, Farage is like Boris, a friend of himself. BTW, was he on this boat: EU referendum: Nigel Farage's Brexit flotilla boat involved in £63 million fishing fraud | UK Politics | News | The Independent

Fighting for the working man:

[The_Equalizer]

If he was a friend to fishermen then he would have fought for their rights in the EU and attended those meetings included a couple where votes were taken on how much can be caught, Farage is like Boris, a friend of himself. BTW, was he on this boat: EU referendum: Nigel Farage's Brexit flotilla boat involved in £63 million fishing fraud | UK Politics | News | The Independent

Isn't The Independent owned by a Russian?

[darmstadt]

Isn't The Independent owned by a Russian?

Are any UK newspapers not owned by either foreigners, foreign based (as in for tax purposes) companies or tax exiles?

[unixman]

If he was a friend to fishermen then he would have fought for their rights in the EU and attended those meetings included a couple where votes were taken on how much can be caught

Not really. By attending all meetings properly he would have been assisting in Britain's EU membership, which he does not support. He became an MEP to disrupt Britain's membership, not to further it. The citizems of South East elected him expressly for this purpose. The fishermen seem to think their interests are served better by Brexit.

Farage is like Boris, a friend of himself.

If true that would hardly make him exceptional as a politician. Personally, I believe he does have principles. Ambitious politicians climb the greasy pole quietly. They don't usually go out on a limb as he as done, or say unpopular things, or get attacked by people with giant cow udders etc.

BTW, was he on this boat...

I saw Nigel interviewed inside a boat alongside Fishermen. Either they invited him onto their boat, or vice versa. Either way it seems to denote the fishermen think of him as a friend.

[VectraMan]

Not really. By attending all meetings properly he would have been assisting in Britain's EU membership, which he does not support. He became an MEP to disrupt Britain's membership, not to further it. The citizems of South East elected him expressly for this purpose. The fishermen seem to think their interests are served better by Brexit.

Not turning up to meetings isn't disrupting Britain's membership it's simply depriving the British people of their rightful say in the EU. Which happily for Farage ties in nicely with his assertion that the British people don't have a say in the EU.

When the UK government has consistently backed the fisheries policy of the EU the fisherman are going to be in for a shock when we Brexit and the UK government continues to back the fisheries policy of the EU. I wonder if they'll be looking to have Nigel and chips?

[AtW]

Isn't The Independent owned by a Russian?

Even better - it's owned by the former KGB Resident in London.

[AtW]

Are any UK newspapers not owned by either foreigners, foreign based (as in for tax purposes) companies or tax exiles?

ToryGraph ...

[d000hg]

Letting immigrants experience our trains might be the best way to discourage them from settling here.

I think the trains the Germans used for their immigrants were slightly worse...

Always the same old silly comparisons. Hitler made a rather good job of fixing inflation and improving Germany's economy so maybe we should denounce anyone trying to doing those things too.

Wow.

[darmstadt]

If true that would hardly make him exceptional as a politician. Personally, I believe he does have principles. Ambitious politicians climb the greasy pole quietly. They don't usually go out on a limb as he as done, or say unpopular things, or get attacked by people with giant cow udders etc.

Actually he's a failure, he's stood for MP five times and failed to win each time yet he gets voted into an organisation that he doesn't believe in.

Great-grandfather of Ukip leader Nigel Farage 'was born to German immigrants' | UK | News | Daily Express

[Platypus]

Yes, he does. I don't want a European superstate, but nor can I identity with many of the leavers. I was going to vote leave, but at the moment I'm so disillusioned that I think I will abstain. Nige does not reflect my values.

FWIW it was the threat from Osborne of a 'punishment' budget that swung it for me. I'm definitely voting Leave now. And the Tories have lost my vote in 2020 too.