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Tag Archives: Nigel Farage
The election decided by people who never showed up
It would be easy to dismiss Nigel Farage’s rant about vote-rigging following Labour’s by-election win in Oldham West as sour grapes. But there may be more to it. The Ukip leader criticised the ballot process, insisting there was “evidence from … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged Jim McMahon, Nigel Farage, Oldham West, postal voting
Woke up, fell out of bed …
When the voting is all done and counted The winners all stand up and shout it: They’re listening again And they all feel our pain. (But they won’t do a damn thing about it.) ITV, Tuesday 27th May 2014 Nigel … Continue reading
Posted in Nonsense, Woke up, fell out of bed ...
Tagged EU elections, Nigel Farage, UKIP
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Under pressure Clegg defiant after Lib Dem election losses BBC News, Monday 26th May 2014 Nick Clegg has rejected calls for him to stand down as leader of the Liberal Democrats after the party’s worst European election result for 25 … Continue reading
Posted in Woke up, fell out of bed ...
Tagged EU, LibDem, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, UKIP
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Tories accuse Ukip of racism The Huffington Post, Monday 28th April 2014 A Tory Cabinet minister has attacked Ukip for attracting racist activists. The party has also come under heavy fire for a hard-hitting ad campaign warning of the dangers … Continue reading
Posted in Woke up, fell out of bed ...
Tagged David Cameron, EU open borders policy, Nigel Farage, UKIP
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The Farage-Clegg EU pantomime The Telegraph, Friday 28th March 2014 Only one person is laughing at the Farage-Clegg EU pantomime. Nick Clegg challenged Farage to two fights, and LBC aired the first on Wednesday. David Cameron said he wouldn’t be … Continue reading
Posted in Woke up, fell out of bed ...
Tagged EU, LibDem, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, UKIP
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Ukip is ‘unpatriotic and betraying Britain’, Nick Clegg says Telegraph, Monday 18th November 2013 Nick Clegg says Nigel Farage’s drive to take Britain out of Europe is ‘a betrayal of the national interest’. Previous Next WUFOOB Archive
Posted in Woke up, fell out of bed ...
Tagged European Union, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, UKIP
Deja vu?
I’m having a strong sense of deja vu right now. It probably has a lot to do with the current national obsession with Margaret Thatcher’s passing and the endless analysis of her legacy. We’ve re-lived the economic nose-dive that precipitated … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged Margaret Thatcher, Nigel Farage, North Sea oil, seventies, shale gas, three-day week, Winter of Discontent
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The Guardian, Saturday 26 May 2012 If only this was the last Eurovision Song Contest! The spray-on kitsch is fairly hard to take, but even harder to take is that the organisers actually take it seriously. Previous Next
Posted in Humour, Nonsense, Woke up, fell out of bed ...
Tagged Eurovision 2012, Eurovision Song Contest, humour, Nigel Farage, The Guardian, UKIP
Democracy Shamocracy
“Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.” – Will Rogers Abraham Lincoln’s definition of democracy – “Government … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, David Cameron, David Nuttall, EU Referendum, Nigel Farage, talking point, UKIP, Will Rogers
"There is no delight in owning anything unshared"
Under pressure from UKIP leader Nigel Farage on BBC’s Question Time, Michael Heseltine recently insisted that a nation state enhances its power by sharing its sovereignty. Hmmm.
Posted in Dark Mutterings
Tagged BBC, EU, Michael Heseltine, Nigel Farage, Question Time, Seneca, UKIP
