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Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He added: “The fella who says he stands up for British industry is hanging on the coat tails of Donald Trump whose tariffs will put at risk thousands of good quality jobs in Britain’s manufacturing heartlands.

“His driving through of Brexit did lasting harm to the UK economy, including those jobs in engineering and in manufacturing. He hasn’t got a coherent economic plan.”

Oh that's great to read that the trade unions are now pushing for the Labour to abandon Brexit and rejoin the EU and allow freedom of movement back into the UK.

Wait.... I think that's what he's saying? 🤔😅

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you actually think Brexit is a good thing? What is your favourite Brexit benefit?

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is your favourite Brexit benefit?

Where has this question come from? 😂

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh that's great to read that the trade unions are now pushing for the Labour to abandon Brexit and rejoin the EU and allow freedom of movement back into the UK.

Sorry if I’ve got it wrong but this implies you want to be out of the EU.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think you're reading too much into an internet comment 😊.

It simply means that I am surprised the trade unions are now enthusiastic about the EU when they've been historically hyper critical of freedom of movement and cheap European labour. Trade unions, given they are the biggest donors of the Labour Party in the UK, could quite easily demand reintegration with the EU at the next Labour Party conference. "Reintegrate with the EU or lose Trade Union votes and money". But they don't.... and won't. Which is why I'm surprised at this comment in the article.

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cheers for clarifying. On reflection that “oh” at the start should have given it away.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

No worries.

I definitely think we should rejoin. Mistake to leave in the first place. I just don't think this government has the balls to tell the electorate to shut up and take us back in.

[–] robador51@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't though? I mean it could be sarcastic, but that's not a given.

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

You’re right, it might be sarcasm. That’s why I asked if they thought Brexit was a good thing.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

Holy non-sequitur batman.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

In fairness they were saying the same thing before the referendum to all of the Nissan workers in Sunderland and they all voted to leave anyway because they're ultimately self-destructive idiots.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why isn't this common knowledge

[–] MrPoletki@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

Why do people always have to wait until he fucks them before they realise he's a fucker?

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it is. everyone knows it. including his supporters. They're just in on it.

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wish that was true. I live in the South Wales valleys, and a significant number of people here think that he's a man of the people who's standing up for them and their rights. Tommy Robinson too :(

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

All he has to do is put on wellies every now and then and attend the odd farmers protest and everyone thinks he's some kind of saint.

All this despite the fact that he never turns up to parliament and has still not converted reform into an actual political party despite saying he would do so "in the next few weeks" over a year ago. I despair of the human race.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon or whatever posh name that guy has. Wasn't he ordering riots on a pool deck in Cyprus or something?

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How dare you dox poor old tiny Tommeh like that! He was working hard from his lilo before the loony left outed him!

For anyone reading this who's out of the loop, Tommy Robinson, aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, provoked and organised riots in the UK, but while the perpetrators were being arrested, he took his family away on a foreign holiday 'for their safety'.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought he was already on holiday when it was all kicking off?

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, possibly, it's been a while. Either way, he was one of the main organisers / agitators, and acted like a victim when it was pointed out that he was perfectly safe on holidays while the muppets who followed him were getting arrested.

[–] Fluke@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Then he got locked up for being a lying bag of shite. Well he was first proven in court to be a lying piece of shite, and then refused to stop being, you guessed it, a lying sack of shite, so they locked him up for contempt of court.

He's currently crying that his mental health is suffering from being locked up in solitary during his time inside. They have to keep him in solitary because there are a lot of people inside that want to skullfuck his twitching corpse, apparently.

Personally, I'm good either way. Let the fucker suffer the consequences of his abhorrent actions.

Edit: Worth pointing out that during this whole time, he continues to spew the exact set of lies that got him where he is, as if he has the sway to make it reality. He'd be hilarious if he wasn't such a dangerous influence on the truly fucking stupid amongst us.

[–] MrPoletki@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

Ah, I see the 'Truth Unconfortable for Cretins' chief has uttered another uncomfortable truth.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

More people need to realise he’s private schooled finance manager posted tool of the elites he pretends to rail against