On 27-Mar-17 9:44 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 27/03/17 09:37, Nightjar wrote:
On 26-Mar-17 12:58 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 26/03/17 12:28, Nightjar wrote:
On 26-Mar-17 9:40 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 26/03/17 09:16, Nightjar wrote:
On 25-Mar-17 8:18 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 25/03/17 19:54, Nightjar wrote:
On 25-Mar-17 5:33 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
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Duh. Farage isnt relevant to anything but immigrants, stupid.

Since the referendum, he hasn't been relevant to anything, which is
likely annoying the hell out of him. He probably thought that being
the
UKIP spokesperson would keep him in TV appearances for donkeys
years.


Only half the goals of UKIP look like they MIGHT be achieved.

As I doubt that he ever saw UKIP as anything other than a vehicle for
promoting Nigel Farage, that isn't relevant either.

You couldn't be more wrong.

You shouldn't judge him by the standards you judge a professional
politician like e.g. Farron or Corbyn.

I judge people by what they say and do, not by stereotypes. On the
basis
of that, I rank Nigel Farage as rather less trustworthy than Tony
Blair.
I don't expect you to agree.

Have you actually ever heard him speak?

I have watched him in interviews.

Or just what was reported out of context in the guardian/BBC etc etc.?

Reports suggest that he generated some outright lies, such as that over
70% of UK legislation originates with the EU and that membership of the
EU costs us over £50 million a day. Are you now claiming that these were
somehow taken out of context and he really meant that around 2 out of 3
pieces of UK legislation that were active in 2014 were entirely home
grown, or that the actual cost of belonging to the EU is around £17
million, after allowing for the rebate and the amounts we receive back
in aid?


You have entirely taken the remarks out of context. And weaselled them

They are in fact true.

Legislation is not just bills that go through parliament. Legislation is
anything that carries the force of law and the EU generates thousands of
regulations that never get debated that pass into law every year.

As at March 2015, there were 75,820 laws of all kinds on the UK legal
database. Of those, 22,398 (29.5%) originated with the EU, but not all
of those would have any direct effect on the UK, for example those
covering growing tobacco in the Canary islands and whether Danish ships
can catch mackerel. As I said, about two out of every three pieces of
legislation, both primary and secondary (i.e Regulations, whether UK or
EU) are entirely home grown.

Here are few links that you probably won't want to believe either:

https://tabloidcorrections.wordpress...press-article/

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/seb-..._14591852.html

https://infacts.org/farage-makes-hat...arr-interview/


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Colin Bignell