| Farage’s press conference going well 16:53 - Dec 4 with 2301 views | ElderGrizzly |
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| Farage’s press conference going well on 06:34 - Dec 5 with 90 views | iamatractorboy |
| Farage’s press conference going well on 23:04 - Dec 4 by ElderGrizzly |
It’s like Trump with his “I could shoot someone on 5th avenue and they’d still elect me” statement
For Farage’s cult and a bizarrely increasingly vocal section of the media, they’ll still defend him or find a way to ignore the obvious
And Reform have to back him to the death, as without Farage there is no Reform. [Post edited 4 Dec 23:05]
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People seem to treat political parties like football teams. No matter how sh*t they are they still support them. It's mad. |  | | |
| Farage’s press conference going well on 06:58 - Dec 5 with 50 views | DJR |
In relation to Emma Barnett, I wonder if Farage's use of the term "lower-grade", as in the phrase lower-grade journalist, is a new euphemism for "Jewish". Indeed, you might think he would tread with a bit more caution following an interview with a Jewish journalist.
But leaving that aside, the following letter to Farage from Holocaust survivors, quoted in the Guardian, is pretty powerful.
“As Holocaust survivors, we understand the danger of hateful words – because we have seen where such words lead.
Let us be clear: praising Hitler, mocking gas chambers, or hurling racist abuse is not banter. Not in a playground. Not anywhere.
When allegations arise about invoking Nazi attitudes toward Jewish children, the responsible response is honesty, reflection, and commitment to truth.
So we ask you: did you say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas them,’ mimicking gas chambers? Did you subject your classmates to antisemitic abuse?”
The survivors include Hedi Argent, who lost 27 members of her family in the Holocaust. Another member of the group, Simon Winston, was held in a ghetto before escaping in September 1942 and spending the rest of the war in hiding.
Another signatory is Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau where she spent nearly a year. In October 1944, she was moved to Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated by the British in April 1945.
The eight others are Janine Webber, Edith Jayne, Helen Aronson, Ruth Barnett, John Fieldsend, Susan Pollack, Hanneke Dye and Agnes Kaposi.
EDIT: Among other things, Farage is alleged to have used the word "P*k* in relation to one pupil. I discovered in RE lessons in the 70s (and I am older than Farage) that that expression was used in a racist way.
And whilst attitudes in those days were far from perfect, how many on here of that vintage would aim racist abuse at people they knew?
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| Farage’s press conference going well on 07:19 - Dec 5 with 12 views | DJR |
Farage's turning fire on the BBC has gone down a storm on the comments section of the Mailonline.
It's all very clever and calculated. | | | |
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