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Anybody see Nigel farage this afternoon
Anybody see Nigel farage this afternoon
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If you add up all the seats the Brexit Party won in Brussels elections, they're the biggest single party in the EU parliament.
___________________ Ah, those will be the ones for low turnout, single issue, protest parties. Surgical precision. Brexit was the target. So he formed the Brexit party to win the EU elections; he did so, May stepped down, the Brexit Party stepped down, and we leave for good on Friday. And the Remainers? Well, I suppose they can console themselves that they won the argument. |
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Ah, but when will Nigel form another party so we can make our money betting against them for Westminster seats as always?
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Popularism is n fact quite popular
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twizzler right on cue confirming that Brexit has proved brexiteers are right thick coooooonts,
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Yes, Nigel Farage's parties have never won a seat in parliament, but this is down to how elections are won. He clearly had, on numbers of votes won nationwide in the 2015 GE, the third biggest party in the UK.
And don't think it wise to call him by his initials on this thread.  |
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Of course and I am a supporter of a proportional representation system which would have meant plenty of UKIP representation at Westminster. The current first past the post system is not fit for purpose.
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Small parties are better served by the current, first-past-the-post system. They may not win any seats, but their votes, spread across many seats, can cost one of the major parties plenty. Hence the major party has to accommodate the small party's policies in order not to lose votes to them.
Farage is the perfect example of this. UKIP wanted a referendum, and the Conservatives felt they had to offer one, to avoid splitting the right-wing vote. Under proportional representation Cameron would have been able to carry on in coalition with the Lib Dems (who would also have done well under proportional representation) and ignored UKIP. |
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In the 2015 General election the tories gained 36.8% of the vote, the LibDems 7.9% so even in a coalition, under a PR system, they wouldn't have had a majority.
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If Ursula had been President instead of Juncker we may have had a more sensible 3 years recently.Comes across as far more down to earth and realistic up to now.
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ursula wants an army to quiet down the protesters and then invade eastwards
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In the 2015 General election the tories gained 36.8% of the vote, the LibDems 7.9% so even in a coalition, under a PR system, they wouldn't have had a majority.
They still would have formed the government, if they wanted. Cons 36.8% + LibDems 7.9% = 44.7% Labour 30.4% + SNP 4.7% = 35.1% UKIP's 12.6% would have become irrelevant, unless they fancied voting with Labour and the ScotNats. In fact, if you really want evidence of first-past-the-post favouring the tiny, nutcase parties, the ScotNats are the best example. 4.7% of the votes, but 8.6% of the MPs. |
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With a bit of luck, Farage will now officially become a boring non entity.
Full time ' propping up the bar' droning on and on about how wonderful he is. |
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You after a drinking partner?
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I believe the British electorate do know how to vote in elections eg Brexit Party for MEPs (Brussels), and Tories (GE) to deliver Brexit.
I also believe Mr Juncker and Mr Tusk helped to deliver Brexit (both authoritarian and arrogant but un-elected by EU citizens) with their penchant for more of the same, and reluctance to reform. I also think Farage was brilliant in his last speech in the European Debate at Brussels earlier in the week. When we (UK Plc) are more successful and progressive than The EU more fragmentation could only follow esp from the German and French citizens. How much longer can the citizens of these two countries continually supporting the pariah economies and funding of The EU? 5 years perhaps at the most. |
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FARAGE: "No more Guy Verhofstadt"
- and then the Chairwoman cut off Farage's microphone. 'They don't like it up 'em'.  |
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I,d make him stand in a bus shelter near dover wearing a yellow vest waiting to count in 3 million turks
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That may well have happened without UKIP challenging Cameron about his support for that well know democrat Erdogan getting into the EU.
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The EU will never admit Turkey as a member despite their qualification on my fronts (apart from human rights) because Turkey will never allow any EU leader from minnow EU member state and economy to tell them what to do. Also, The EU will never accept any new member not conducive to their political strategy going forward ie their expansionism policy.
A DUP member described The EU as a "dank dungeon". How right! |
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I cannot believe how much negativity sky are dragging into the news in just 10 minutes
now a diatribe from campbell ' and act of terrible self harm' |
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Campbell = Blair = Free movement of EU people and jobs regardless when Germany and France were putting up immediate "barriers". An utter naivety from the Labour duo.
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