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In the last eighteen months Farage went out on a boat and whinged about migrants.

Rashford ensured that over a million kids got fed.

I know who is more relevant to me.

The deepest delusion, surely, as pointed out repeatedly on this thread, is that Farage "caused" the single biggest political change in the UK in our lifetime.

He did no such thing. Cameron called the vote in response to threats emanating from within his own party. Farage, with his grand total of zero mps, offered zero threat. Cummings then isolated him from the official campaign because he believed toxic farage would repel more conservative voters than attract.

Influential? Certainly. Actually "caused" anything? Simply no.

[Edit: I tell a lie. The bold Nige actually had a grand total of ONE mp. Humble apologies]

I'm sure eskimo thinks the Sunday Times Giving List is Marxist BLM propaganda. The Spectator said Rashford is bad man so thats that.

The Bould Nigel's MP was elected as a Tory tho, then defected. So zero parliamentary success for his candidates is a fair comment IMO.

The only reason he had any success is PR elections for the EU, and on the local council front the UKIP/Brexit party gaining protest votes that never translated into parliamentary support.

And Euroscepticism has been around since Nige was a young jack the lad in short pants, with so many possibilities of a noble path ahead of him. The way some folk go in here, you'd swear he invented it himself and ploughed a lone furrow all those years before single handedly delivering the big prize in 2016. Delusion doesn't even begin to cover it.

Farage and UKIP definitely had an effect on causing the Brexit referendum. Their pulls from Tory voters helped cause in-fighting between the Tories and caused Cameron to go for a referendum on the issue.

However, the idea that Farage was actually responsible for it is ludicrous. There was already a strong and growing anti-EU contingent, made worse by years of austerity following the recession which worsened anti-EU and anti-immigration rhetoric which Farage and UKIP jumped on. Not to mention the lies and misinformation by the Leave campaign.

Crediting Farage with Brexit after his 30 years of campaigning for it completely ignores the vast number of other factors.

He's only ever been elected as an MEP by anti-EU voters in order to disrupt the UK's EU membership. He's never been elected as an MP because even most anti-EU voters would never want him having any power in their own constituency.

What are the odds on GBnews surviving. From what I can remember of Trumps final days his fans love "looking at the bookies"

LOL. making up quotes. ridiculous.

In the past 18 months, Marcus Rashford formed and spearheaded a public campaign to force the government into a u-turn to provide meals to underprivileged children, then another to make the government pledge to provide funds to help tackle food and poverty throughout the UK.

Farage set up a Cameo account and occasionally tips out on a boat off the UK coast to shout at immigrants.

It's pointless discussing which is more well known under which circumstances etc, as there are far too many variables to judge them on. But Marcus Rashford is undoubtedly a noteworthy public figure for his charitable and campaigning works outside of his football career, and in the last 18 months has been instrumental in affecting changes to public policy. That's undeniable.

Rashford shamed the british government into feeding children that might not otherwise get fed. He has done more to benefit society than Farage will ever do.

"Ratchford".

This is another issue the GBNews Denizens have, the inability to actually know anything about what they are trying to talk about.

how are them food shortages working out in Britain? a resounding success.