If so he would certainly have to ditch his 'man of the people' persona, wouldn't he?
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[Politics] Should Nigel Farage get a knighthood?
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If so he would certainly have to ditch his 'man of the people' persona, wouldn't he?
Norman Potting
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Exactly. Similar to my much loved Grandmother in law who was honoured with an MBE for her long career in nursing, also as a Marie Curie nurse.
Storrington Seagull
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- Feb 9, 2019
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Nigel is fully deserving of an MBE, for being the sole advocate of leaving the corrupt eu all those years ago. It isn't to the liking of the vast majority of the tree hugging middle classes of Brighton, but too late, we are on the way out, probably with no deal on WTO terms, which will be great for the country.
Storrington Seagull
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- Feb 9, 2019
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Out means WTO out, get over it.
Few beers today at the Spurs game?
Five pages? No. The answer is no. FFS.
Pretty pink fairy
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............... And thereby being, as you yourself almost explain, just about THE most divisive politician of the 21st Century.
And so giving him any sort of honour would be even more divisive at a time when everybody is saying we need to unite the country.
The man is profojndly ignorant. Many years ago I was sitting watching Question Time with my daughter who was revising for her finals in European Studies at Cardiff - European Studies being languages plus politics etc and the European institutions, but the course was deliberately not named European Union Studies. This was about 1993 or 94. Farage was on QT and it was the run up to a General Election. Every time he made a statement about the European Union, our Ellie would say "no it isn't, " or "that's not true".
It makes me smile when I see his acolytes refer to him as 'Nigel', as if he was a personal friend they have known for a long time.....
The truth is, like Johnston, Farage inhabits a different, more privileged world that is quite alien to the one the vast majority of his most ardent supporters do or will inhabit; and he has made life better for himself and possibly worse for them.
'Nigel' and 'Boris' have sufficient recognition amongst the faithful. It is not them but those who have worked tirelessly in public service, without substantial financial reward, who should receive such honours.....but that is the ideal and in reality the honours system is generally cronyism with a more attractive name.
The truth is, like Johnston, Farage inhabits a different, more privileged world that is quite alien to the one the vast majority of his most ardent supporters do or will inhabit; and he has made life better for himself and possibly worse for them.
'Nigel' and 'Boris' have sufficient recognition amongst the faithful. It is not them but those who have worked tirelessly in public service, without substantial financial reward, who should receive such honours.....but that is the ideal and in reality the honours system is generally cronyism with a more attractive name.
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Now that you have been outed as an error prone Palace troll, do you have the dignity and good sense to retreat from NSC?
Norman Potting
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BBC website has just published details of the New Years Honours. Unaccountably I can't see his name on it anywhere.
Oh dear, how sad never mind.
Oh dear, how sad never mind.
Soton Seagull
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But sadly, the wife's fortune funded 'the poor aren't working hard enough' architect of universal credit- Ian Duncan Smith - gets knighted. Just when I thought this year couldn't get anymore annoying!
Mayonaise
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Beggars belief. Can't wait to see the back of 2019 to be honest.
Equal only to my disappointment when I don’t see him in the obituary column.
RossyG
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IDS is a tosser, but on the plus side John Bercow didn’t get one.
And bizarrely Baroness (Floella) Benjamin got a damehood, which is surely like giving a gold medal winner a bronze medal as well.
Back to IDS, earthly glories soon fade away. Fat lot of good a gong’ll do him, nor his wife’s money, as he burns eternally in the fiery lake for his deliberate assaults on the poor which seemed to give him so much amusement.
And bizarrely Baroness (Floella) Benjamin got a damehood, which is surely like giving a gold medal winner a bronze medal as well.
Back to IDS, earthly glories soon fade away. Fat lot of good a gong’ll do him, nor his wife’s money, as he burns eternally in the fiery lake for his deliberate assaults on the poor which seemed to give him so much amusement.
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Probably not as much amusement as he got joining Johnson, Farage and JRM to persuade those same poor to vote for Brexit
Two Professors
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I expect the lovely Floella gets her latest award for services to reincarnation,having sailed to the UK on Windrush many years before she was born.As we have not left the Evil Union yet,Liz will promote Nige to the peerage in her birthday honours,no doubt.
kemptown kid
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Thank you for your considered contribution. Have you ever considered a career in the diplomatic services?
In my opinion, any even handed and conciliatory act Johnston performs would be out of character and still more annoying than this; he continually demonstrates how graceless he is and the honours list is a complete farce, with mendacious cronies like IDS given the same formal esteem as self-effacing, generous spirited public servants, philanthropists and outstanding sporting/music talents.
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Norman Potting
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.....Many a true word....
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