Farage

[gulliver1]

Nigel Farage has quit politics for good ......... Goodbye,,,,,and,,,,,Good Riddance.

[emmie]

in the super stuffy world of politics in UK, he is a breath of somewhat fresh air.

[gulliver1]

09.21 Tell me what you have done for the Country then Vulcan and I will write down on the back of a fag packet and send it to Boris to see if I can get you a Knighthood.

[gulliver1]

Five Leaves 12.08, Best answer.

[Bazile]

Well now his friend ,the Donald has gone and Boris has not bestowed a knighthood on him , perhaps he has lost his appetite

[webbo3]

Gulliver, Where are these lorry parks you mentioned ?

[New Judge]

//Politics will be a healthier place without Farage, I think most will agree//

Actually, politics would be a healthier place without politicians (of all persuasions).

[Jackdaw33]

In his fevered imagination.

[Zacs-Master]

Fervid imagination.

[webbo3]

lol @Jackdaw

[Paigntonian]

Should have a knighthood at the very least. Won't get one because the liberal chatterati wouldn't like it.

[Sunk]

// because the liberal chatterati wouldn't like it. //

The Tory establishment hate Farage with a vengence. They blame him for the Coalition Government and the weak Cameron one. Farage condemned the Tory party to a pale imitation of the Governments that they should have been.

[ichkeria]

It's rather ironic that the only parliament he ever got elected to was the European one.
I'm not sure Farage really is/was a "politician" as such. He is/was a promoter of causes, the latest, it seemed, being the fight against face masks, which apparently is/was the headline policy of the Reform Party.
Who will lead it now?
I've no doubt he'll be back to promote something else.

[ichkeria]

In all seriousness, what would he get a knighthood for?

Mind you, Baroness Fox is living proof that that is not necessarily a question you need bother asking.
Quite how this unapologetic supporter of the IRA has ended up in the Lords is a mystery/disgrace whatever you want to call it.

[Paigntonian]

Sunk: Was that Farage's fault or was it partly the fault of the lily-livered Tory Party?

[Jackdaw33]

It was not Farage's fault. UKIP did not pose quite such a threat to the Tories in 2010. The fault lay entirely with Cameron for forming a coalition with the LDs. The other two choices he had at the time were:
a) form a minority government and face down his opponents. This would probably have led to an early second election which may have produced a more decisive result.
b) remain in opposition, which would likely have had the same effect.

Still, as they say, 'It's an ill wind...'

[gulliver1]

Think he was more the leader of the Deformed Party.

[Peter Pedant]

// In all seriousness, what would he get a knighthood for?//
in all seriousness?
be serious this is AB ! ter daaah !

[Jackdaw33]

He took on the might of the establishment élite and won. Farage's victory was the people's victory.

[ToraToraTora]

all this Farage talk has made me change my avatar.

[Untitled]

He "quits politics" every few years... he'll be back when he needs more of Arron's dark money. He promised he would go if he didn't win a seat in (I think) 2015 but kept buzzing around like a fly around dung. Every political party he's ever started has in essence been the "get Nigel on telly" party. He'll never stop being a self-publicist and swindler, which is what he excels at.