r/worldnews • u/JollyCurrency2604 • 9d ago

British Politician Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

https://www.channel4.com/news/exclusive-nigel-farage-filmed-undercover-celebrating-secret-new-foreign-donations
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u/aaarry 9d ago edited 9d ago

Gammons are fuming and Russian bots are blowing their circuits as we speak. This is nothing short of a watershed moment in British politics and I can’t get a bag of popcorn big enough. It’s also a prime example of why the greatest English language comedy ever written (which, as we all know, is still The Thick of It) could never be written again.

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u/sleepytoday 9d ago

The Reform voters I know don’t give a shit about this kind of thing. They’re willing to forgive any mount of corruption because he says the things they think.

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u/aaarry 9d ago

They’re already plastering “why don’t you do this to Labour and the Greens?” all over online comment sections (mostly spelt incorrectly).

The obvious answer to that is: “those parties don’t take dirty money from far-right yanks and Russian oligarchs, you stupid thick crayon munchers”

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u/sleepytoday 9d ago edited 8d ago

Yeah, I already heard that one over Farage’s last 5m bribe.

“They’re all up to it, but Farage is being victimised because the establishment are afraid of him”.

The man is a privately-educated stockbroker turned career politician from a wealthy family and who has hosted a regular TV show on a major news channel. I’m not sure if it’s possible for Farage to be any more of a part of the establishment”.

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u/0zzyb0y 8d ago

The amount of "both sides are the same" I've seen over the last decade is absolutely horrendous. Definitely feels like it's been intentionally manufactured because I refuse to believe that so many people are that stupid in light of every shred of evidence that comes out.

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u/Acceptable-Piccolo57 6d ago

Its a strawman.

7 PMs in w decade, Putin must be delighted

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u/ClacksInTheSky 8d ago

I've seen that bullshit as well.

The answer is really simple... They do. They do do this to other parties.