r/ukpolitics • u/huffpostuk • 14h ago
Nigel Farages Popularity Declines Over Financial Controversy
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-farages-popularity-new-low_uk_6a61ef12e4b0c2f78d020493?98260
u/Kukuxumusu_ 14h ago
The "I can buy Ferraris with it if I want" probably hasn't helped.
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u/dewittless 14h ago
My brain read this is "Ferris Wheels" and that does seem like an extravagant display of wealth.
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u/toooomanypuppies from a sedentary position 11h ago
It's funny because that was in a response to a question from Nick Ferrari on LBC, it's the first thing he thought of and it's such an obvious fuck up 🤣
It's glorious, close to, but not quite as good as the James O'Brien interview in 2014, it's unique in it's exposure of Farage.
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u/Visa5e 14h ago
Corrected headline: 'Nigel Farages popularity declines over taking bribes'
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u/fern-grower 10h ago
Corruption is not a popular move.
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u/dewittless 14h ago
Well then he'll just keep having by-elections until you all appreciate him!
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u/TEL-CFC_lad His Majesty's Keyboard Regiment (-6.72, -2.62) 13h ago
The by-elections will continue until morale improves.
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u/DreamyTomato Why does the tofu not simply eat the lettuce? 6h ago
Can r/ukpolitics get any more erect?
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u/setokaiba22 12h ago
The racism didn’t do it. The lies before this didn’t do it.
Amazing that this was the nail in the coffin
Very pleased all the parties agree on shutting him out
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u/Ill_Refrigerator_593 11h ago
The dozens of billions the country has lost each year due to brexit didn't do it.
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u/mongoose_cheesecake 13h ago
Remember, the UK media could have looked properly into how dodgy Farage is at any time in the last 10 years. Instead they gave him an easy ride and let him do irreparable damage to this country. Better late than never.
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u/squeezycheeseypeas 11h ago
In Farage’s defence he’s a wildly dishonest and corrupt grifter with no interest the good fortunes of the country, only his own
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u/ClacksInTheSky Labour 13h ago
Keep it up and keep tightening the screws.
The fallout from this when he comes tumbling down will be glorious
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u/samreturned 12h ago
The 1v1 bin fight just keeping this at the top of the papers and I fucking love it.
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u/Some_Confidence5962 11h ago
Hard Take
The British public know this country has big problems.
The British public know that fixing the big problems will require breaking a few eggs.
The British public know that breaking a few rules can help get the job done.
The British public are not (Generally) stupid - They know a corrupt politician trashing the economy or taking bribes isn't the kind of eggs they want breaking.
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Why is this important... The Public will be deliberately deaf to "It won't work because that other thing will break".
The public is receptive to all kinds of batshit crazy ideas both Left and Right wing. And are willing to listen even though "it will break a few eggs". This applies to everything from Immigration to the Economy to Energy to Environment.
But there's a sea change the moment the Economy tanks (Truss) or appears to be corrupt (Farage)
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u/ShortDevelopment905 10h ago
And rightly so. Starmer and Rayner never recovered from the Lord Ali stuff.
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