Reply to: The Last Gammon

[GreenMirror]

Farage as a person has never actually been voted in, definitely not as an MP and also not as an MEP. The elections for MEPs are via PR so it was the party which won. In the long run, he is a failure as a politician

I remember a caller asking him how many times he had tried and failed to become an MP.

"All I know is I have been a MEP 4 times".

Slimy toad.

[darmstadt]

Farage as a person has never actually been voted in, definitely not as an MP and also not as an MEP. The elections for MEPs are via PR so it was the party which won. In the long run, he is a failure as a politician

[Old Greg]

It's 50/50 as to which of the two main parties come out of this mess the worst.

They've both done a bad job but the Tories are in charge so they lose.

[stonehenge]

The Tory party is on very thin ice. Brexit, if not a 'success' (and I use that word very sparingly) then this whole sorry episode could rip them apart Couldn't happen to a nicer group of people

It's 50/50 as to which of the two main parties come out of this mess the worst.

[Whorty]

Not at all. They are preparing a stab-in-the-back argument.

The Tory party is on very thin ice. Brexit, if not a 'success' (and I use that word very sparingly) then this whole sorry episode could rip them apart Couldn't happen to a nicer group of people

[Eirikur]

The Tory party is about to split and the next prime minister is:

Jeremy Corbyn

be afraid, be very afraid

That is a scarier prospect than brexit
The UKSSR will be founded.
Hamas will be recognised as the official government of Israel
Jews will be banned
Maduro gets a statue at Westminster

[Old Greg]

Yep. All he has to do is beat that dolphin that runs against him as an MP and he's in the running for PM.

Farage is more interested in the brownshirt putsch route to power.

[BlasterBates]

The Tory party is about to split and the next prime minister is:

Jeremy Corbyn

be afraid, be very afraid

[Old Greg]

Seems too much, lets hope the citizens of the EU vote to reduce this terrible burden on their taxes. Perhaps the wine mountain that sits under Junkers office can be reduced.

Wine lake.

Farage has the whine mountain.

[meridian]

God bless Farage, I think he may be in the running for our next prime minister. What a shame he couldn't be running the negotiations instead of the remainer May.

Yep. All he has to do is beat that dolphin that runs against him as an MP and he's in the running for PM.

[woohoo]

Farage is MEP since 1999
Currently the salary is €8.757,70 per month (there will be a 6 month continuation of salary after he leaves)
General Expenditure Allowance €4,320 per month (2015)
assembly attendance allowance €306 per day
Each member can claim up to €4,264 per year for personal travel allowance
Members are entitled to an old-age pension from the age of 63. The pension equals 3.5% of the salary for each full year’s exercise of a mandate but not more than 70% in total.

Seems too much, lets hope the citizens of the EU vote to reduce this terrible burden on their taxes. Perhaps the wine mountain that sits under Junkers office can be reduced.

[Eirikur]

Fixed.


How much funding has Farage personally received from the EU? And will continue to receive as part of his pension?

Farage is MEP since 1999
Currently the salary is €8.757,70 per month (there will be a 6 month continuation of salary after he leaves)
General Expenditure Allowance €4,320 per month (2015)
assembly attendance allowance €306 per day
Each member can claim up to €4,264 per year for personal travel allowance
Members are entitled to an old-age pension from the age of 63. The pension equals 3.5% of the salary for each full year’s exercise of a mandate but not more than 70% in total.

[woohoo]

God bless Farage, I think he may be in the running for our next prime minister. What a shame he couldn't be running the negotiations instead of the remainer May.

[meridian]

Fixed.


How much funding has Farage personally received from the EU? And will continue to receive as part of his pension?

Rumour has it from within the EP that Farage has a habit of turning up, making a big speech that frequently has very little to do with the topic being discussed, and then not even hanging around for any debate afterwards. Filmed, of course.

It's a performance, designed for YouTube and social media hits for Farage the brand, rather than anything related to the good of the UK.

[Old Greg]

Panic is setting in now they realise what a shambles brexit will be and he and his pals will get the blame due to their lies

Not at all. They are preparing a stab-in-the-back argument.