05-04-2014, 01:36 PM
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Re: Who Is Nigel Farage
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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I personally think it's sad if they do leave UK but if the electorate want that I am not going to say they are wrong. My husband who is a Scot doesn't think it's a good idea but again he says as he doesn't live there he will just wish them well whatever they decide.
As for elections for people in the EU how many work for the EU who are not elected ? many I suggest even the man in charge of negotiating contracts is a mystery figure it seems and countries he negotiates on behalf of are not even allowed to witness the negotiations ! Shadowy and secret dealings indeed. And I don't remember electing him to work on my behalf.
Also we have few who vote in our elections and even fewer bother with the EU ones. It would be hypocritical of me to vote in an election for an organisation I don't believe we should belong to so I am not a voter in those eections either.
I'm not clear who you mean by "the man in charge of negotiating contracts" Depending what contracts you mean, I wouldn't expect contract negotiations to be public events - especially where commercially sensitive information is being discussed. The need is for agreed contracts that involve public money to be open to public scrutiny and democratic accountability.
I admire your position on not voting for something you don't believe in - which is certainly more honest than Faridge's. My position is that as my forefathers (and foremothers!) had to fight (and die) for the right to vote - and people all over the world are still doing so - then I have a duty as well as a right to vote. As Churchill once said
"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
05-04-2014, 02:08 PM
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Re: Who Is Nigel Farage
Originally Posted by Patsy
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We 'need' him there, how is he gonna fight our corner without being there.#As for drawing a salary, which he thoroughly deserves, he needs that to pay his fines !
At least he is there for a 'good solid' reason, unlike the geek he recently questioned, when he said 'Who are you !!'
So not only drawing his substantial salary but fully claiming every 'expense' he can, while also 'employing' his wife on a further EU funding of £20K p.a.(despite this no longer being allowed since 2004), paying corporation tax rather than income tax to avoid his tax obligations to this country, and using offshore tax havens to channel other 'income' are clearly the actions of a genuine British hero fighting for all of us.
There are decent, honest, politicians in this country, who don't milk the system - whichever bit of it they were elected to. But Faridge isn't one of them
Incidentally, why am I paying Faridge to go to Brussels and then having to pay 'fines' he has incurred through his own misbehaviour?
05-04-2014, 02:13 PM
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You're not paying 'twice' just the once - he covers his fines for telling like it is.Its funny how we are 'so wrong' and you are so right. You fight their corner because you believe in them, I would have done the same if I had seen evidence of something worth fighting for. 10 years down the drain as far as I'm concerned.
You note the money Farage is making by being there to oversee these geeks, no mention of the money they are raking in - strange but true. But, as you say we are all entitled to our opinion.
I'd have thought they would have had a field day if he were not paying his tax - that's illegal !
05-04-2014, 02:31 PM
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There are decent, honest, politicians in this country, who don't milk the system - whichever bit of it they were elected to. But Faridge isn't one of them
Incidentally, why am I paying Faridge to go to Brussels and then having to pay 'fines' he has incurred through his own misbehaviour?
05-04-2014, 03:21 PM
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Re: Who Is Nigel Farage
Originally Posted by manasota
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Well no one else on here seems to be bothered about getting their facts right 
You're alright Simon matey, I wouldn't p*ss on him if he were on fire, let alone vote for him - he's a fascist!!!
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