10 Jul
12:41pm, 10 Jul 2024
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Pothunter
My neighbour definitely falls into that demographic. She just can’t see that Farage is only looking after himself and his mates. |
10 Jul
12:50pm, 10 Jul 2024
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paulcook
Him and his mates? Not a coincidence that I think 4 of his party are investment bankers.
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10 Jul
1:11pm, 10 Jul 2024
17,456 posts
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jda
I think that Farage, like most politicians, actually genuinely believes in most of what he says and does.
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10 Jul
1:12pm, 10 Jul 2024
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larkim
Will be intriguing when the Register of Interests is published. I've a disappointing "hunch" that Farage will turn out to be relatively whiter than white (he's been in the public eye for long enough that if there were any corpses buried that at least the Guardian or the Mirror would have dug them up by now), but perhaps the other 3 new MPs (excl Anderson) will have some interesting disclosures to make.
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10 Jul
1:13pm, 10 Jul 2024
25,072 posts
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larkim
jda wrote: I think that Farage, like most politicians, actually genuinely believes in most of what he says and does. Glad to hear you say that, I've wondered that myself and come to a similar conclusion. I don't think he is a gravy train politician by any stretch, he's just a man of peculiar convictions with something of a talent for getting attention. |
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10 Jul
1:15pm, 10 Jul 2024
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jda
The gravy-slurping comes naturally to him, but I'm sure it's a bit of a sideshow and not the main motivation.
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10 Jul
1:56pm, 10 Jul 2024
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Pothunter
I wonder how long he’ll remain an MP before he either gets bored or kicked out. I have my doubts he’ll last all the way to the next election.
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10 Jul
2:07pm, 10 Jul 2024
50,434 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
And I love that 2 and 3 are sort of mutually exclusive OR require serious mental gymnastics if the same person? fetcheveryone wrote: I was thinking about the pillars of support for Reform: 1) those who believe the 'he's an average man like you and me' story; 2) those who see the more established parties as 'all the same'; 3) people who think we should return to the 'good old days'; 4) xenophobes, racists and people tricked into believing the fault lies with 'someone else'; 5) people who live in poorer communities; 6) people who believe in uncosted policies; 7) people who've been kicked in the head by a horse. The question is, how can the saner politicians tackle some or all of these pillars? For 2 - put "New" in front of everything New Labour, New Conservatives, For 3 - put "Good Ol' " in front of everything Good Ol' Labour, Grand Old Party etc.  G
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10 Jul
2:07pm, 10 Jul 2024
5,808 posts
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paulcook
YouGov survey: 47% of Conservative members want to merge with Reform, 48% don't. |
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10 Jul
2:27pm, 10 Jul 2024
5,809 posts
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paulcook
And the same survey has Braverman as second favourite among Tory members behind Kemi Badenoch to take over as leader. Braverman seems to be bombing in other metrics I've seen.
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