Given that everyone that has taken an objective step back and looked at Farage's history knows he's a cunt racist and those that would follow him into the depths of darkness will deny this to their last breath.... what do people wish to see with these stories?
It's not suddenly going to change Red Wall voting Brexit Bro's mind. They'll still vote Reform "oi won't my country back from dem forrneers, innit".
It's worth putting out there. Even if it changes only a few minds. Parliamentary seats can be won or lost with the tiniest of margins so it's worth it imo. People deserve to know what they're voting for.
Fair!
I have very little faith at the moment that it will change people's minds. Everyone is so hyper polarised all the time. But one can hope!
oi won’t my country back from dem forrneers, innit”.
Theyre not all racist cunts. Some of them just want jobs, and this is the easiest way viable to them.
I'm not even talking unskilled jobs. Fully trained F1 and F2 doctors are unable to get jobs in the UK because careers are points-based and other countries hand out those points easier.
You might say, "well this is all smoke and mirrors - there's plenty of demand for doctors, UK and foreign, the issue is the goverment isnt funding it",
And you'd be right: increase the number of doctor placements, and there should be enough space for everyone.
But no government seems to want to do that. So in that case, if there are only limited doctor placements, they should go to doctors that were trained (with taxpayer money) in the UK.
That's not what's happening. I'm seeing so many medics leaving for Australia and Canada, despite being trained here.
I don't think people are voting Farage because he's a slippery racist billionaire serving cunt. I think he's just the closest thing to getting jobs for a lot of disenfranchised people.
I think if it's true that he's a racist - and it is - it's worth saying it. In addition there are two instrumental reasons we should say it.
First, Farage's whole schtick has been to say: 'You can oppose immigration without being a racist' and the related argument 'You shouldn't be called a racist just because you want less immigration'. Proving that he is, himself, a racist makes both arguments deeply suspect.
It also more broadly crystallises what's evil about him for those of us who already hate him (most people!) and shows exactly why he needs to be kept out of power at all costs. If I'm in a swing seat at the next election (currently safe Labour but will there be anywhere safe by 2029?) this is the kind of thing that will make me go 'I don't have to like it - and I don't - but I'm voting for Lib Dems/Greens/whoever is best placed to beat this guy'.
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It provides a test for liars. His supporters who have to choose between declaring his clear views are proper and shared by them, and lying to our faces.
Which gives persistent and distributed, pervasive even, records and memories.
That is a difference from previous times including Farage's schooldays and his early days in employment.
Decisions may be made based on them, if we survive.
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