Would you vote for Nigel Farage?

I would vote for Nigel Farage, but not for UKIP because most of their representatives are incompetent goofballs.

No but would have a pint with him.

Absolutely not. Populist contrarian nonsense, with a healthy dose of racism thrown in.

I would share a certain degree of his euro skepticism and having an Australian style points system from immigrants doesn't sound like a terrible idea but that's about it.

Not a snowball's chance in hell I'd vote for him or any UKIP member.

Firstly, to state the obvious: you wouldn't be voting for Farage unless you were voting in South Thanet (incl. Ramsgate). You could vote for a UKIP candidate elsewhere, if one is standing. But the most UKIP can hope for, from this election, is to increase their representation in Parliament.

Farage isn't a MP yet, he's hoping that will change by tomorrow, and his choice of seat is not a coincidence: Ramsgate is a major ferry port where many illegal immigrants enter the UK. To win the seat, however, he'll have to beat all the major party candiates as well as comedian Al Murray (Freedom UK Party (FUKP)) and Zebadiah Abu-Obadiah of the Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog.

Yes

Y'know that 'one way trip to Mars' project? Well, if he applied for that, and it came down to the last 50, and the final choice of one man and one woman was put out to a public vote?

Yes. Absolutely. I'd vote for the horrible little polyp. Katie Hopkins would get my No.2.

I think he personally seems alright and has made a few points i'd agree with, As a party though no way would i consider voting UKIP, definitely a sinister element to the party and no doubt in my mind a hell of a lot of it's members and in fact those standing for election are indeed racist. I also think Britain would be shooting itself in the foot of it leaves the EU.

dinorebel wrote: »

No but would have a pint with him.

He wouldn't want you in his pub.

[REQ] thread title change to 'Are you a closeted racist?'

endabob1 wrote: »

UKIP would lead Britain out of Europe which would be an unmitigated disaster, despite the little Englander "They took our jobs" mentality that is so worryingly prevalent, it would kill trade & investment and plunge the UK into a 1970's style recession, where there would be no jobs to take.

Conjecture, but then again so is "it will be ok to leave EU".

Just in paragraph 1 there is both factual errors and a nice subtle editing of the facts

- If Britain withdrew from the EU it would preserve the benefits of trade with the EU by imposing a UK/EU Free Trade Agreement

– Moreover, the Lisbon Treaty stipulates that the EU must make a trade agreement with a country which leaves the EU.

Do you see the subtle difference in the wording here, It must make an agreement, but not necessarily a free trade agreement.

Why would the EU allow free trade with the UK?
The article tells us why, Because
- The EU sells a lot more to us than we sell to them. In 2011 there was a trade deficit of nearly £50bn, which had risen to £109.2bn by 2014. It seems unlikely that the EU would seek to disrupt a trade which is so beneficial to itself.

This is true (except the numbers are wrong in 2014 it was £72m)
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-trade-statistics-with-countries-in-the-european-union-december-2014

but even with the disparity, who is in the position of strength the EU (GDP $15.8 Trillion without the UK) or the UK ($2.7 Trillion) who is going to be able to call the shots on the trade agreements....

Also since the UK economy has lost its traditional manufacturing base (of the 72m defict is in 3 categories of Electrical, mechanical & Vehicle manufacturing) so much of the economy is reliant on financial services, it's highly probable that Frankfurt as the biggest trading centre in the new EU (post UK pull out) would attract far more investment.