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Nigel Farage slams ‘liberal intolerance’ as Gay Pride event hosts ‘toss a milkshake’ game (www.express.co.uk)

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Nigel Farage has condemned a Gay Pride event in Chesterfield after the LGBT celebration urged punters to "toss a milkshake" at a cardboard cutout of the Reform UK leader.

Attendees of the pride event, organised by Stand Up to Racism, were able to win prizes for hitting different coloured circles on the Nigel Farage model, including sweets and Stand up to Racism badges.

The stall offered punters sponge balls in four "flavours", representing mango, raspberry mint and blueberry milkshakes.

The attraction made light of the assault suffered by Mr Farage while campaigning in Clacton during the general election.

Mr Farage has now told The Express that while he is "all for mockery and a good laugh", he suggests that "this goes too far"

The newly-elected MP added: “Liberal intolerance is clear for all to see”.

The Derbyshire Times also reported one local man, Richard McAllister, who drew attention to the pride stall, fuming: “I think it's particularly unacceptable after the assassination attempt on former President Trump”.

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While Derbyshire Police said it had received a complaint, they said no further action is being taken.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I’m asking from across the pond here. How the fuck is this guy still relevant at all? Wasn’t he the face of UKIP a few years ago? And now he rises from the ashes as an MP?

Look, I know we have our own dirty laundry to deal with here, and for the sake of the rest of the planet, I sincerely hope we do. Guys like Nigel farage and Donnie douchebag need to be launched into the fucking sun. How do we make this shit end?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

He campaigned in a constituency which as far as I understand it is economically depressed. Apparently that is somehow the fault of a party that isn't in power, and therefore they chose to elect a right-wing extremist who will spend most of his time campaigning for Trump in the United States, and not doing his actual job in th UK. This may be a blessing in disguise really, but technically he should be in parliament.

He's popular because he has easy answers for hard problems. At least he claims to have easy answers to hard problems, but since him and his merry band of morons don't have a snowballs chance in hell of getting anywhere near power, he can claim whatever he wants, without having to face the inconvenience of actually implementing any of it.

In some ways him being in parliament now is actually a good thing because when he inevitably fails to deliver on any of his rhetoric, his brand will be damaged.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

The same troll farms, bots and organised disinformation campaigns that support Trump in the US, support bottom-feeders like Farage in the UK, the FN in France, the (literal) fascists in Italy, Orban, Erdogan, and other shitstains ad nauseam. In all those cases, there are indigenous groups that believe they have common cause with Putin, with the goal of weakening Western democracy, scapegoating marginalised groups and polarising civil society. And Putin needs dissension in the west, within and between countries, in order to weaken Western resolve to resist the resurgence of Russian imperialist ambitions and to interfere with measures to address the climate crisis, which weaken the demand for fossil-fuel exports. Fossil fuels are Russian's primary source of export revenue.