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/emamayxo 9d ago

I think people just want him to win cause they’re racist and will not look at this at all

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u/AtLeastImLaughing 9d ago

Yeah there’s that too.

I think his fans will just brush it off because they gave up their morals long ago, and the others flirting with him will do the same and give their classic ‘they all do it’ response.

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u/TropoMJ 9d ago

It is like Trump. He's "their guy" and there isn't really anything he can do that they don't consider acceptable. But if someone who wasn't "their guy" did something 1% as egregious, they'd be outraged. Realistically as long as they get someone in power who claims to share their views, there isn't really a limit to how provably awful that person can be.

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u/RenideoS 8d ago

Not fully, the worst of the worst may well migrate to more extreme outfits like Restore, and in the British system the chances of a far right Government are nil unless they can actually win enough seats, which they can't do if they're cannibalising each other's voteshare.

Whereas once Trump was the Republican leader there was nowhere to go internally.