@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage NEWSFLASH: The world has seen us as a joke since 24-Jun-2016. #Brexit, innit?
(Do I really need to provide you with the links to articles from around the world over the past few years detailing what a joke UK is? Surely, being *broadcast journalists*, you've read them already?)
(Do I really need to provide you with the links to articles from around the world over the past few years detailing what a joke UK is? Surely, being *broadcast journalists*, you've read them already?)
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage AUSTRALIA
It is a bit like watching a loved grandparent in physical and mental decline. You care for them deeply. You appreciate all they have done for you. But each day they become more inwardly focused. Their world contracts. They seem increasingly incoherent.
N. Rowley, ABC
It is a bit like watching a loved grandparent in physical and mental decline. You care for them deeply. You appreciate all they have done for you. But each day they become more inwardly focused. Their world contracts. They seem increasingly incoherent.
N. Rowley, ABC
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage AUSTRALIA
To see a country “deliberately throwing away a close, mutually beneficial partnership, wilfully damaging its economy and influence on a point of cultural principle … was a surprise.”
Nick Miller, Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, Apr 2019
To see a country “deliberately throwing away a close, mutually beneficial partnership, wilfully damaging its economy and influence on a point of cultural principle … was a surprise.”
Nick Miller, Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, Apr 2019
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage BRAZIL
The UK is still the fifth-largest economy but for how much longer? It appears so self-centred, fixated on its own problems that it is currently out of the global debate – it is losing relevance quite quickly.
Fernanda Mena, Folha de São Paulo, Aug 2019
/cont.
The UK is still the fifth-largest economy but for how much longer? It appears so self-centred, fixated on its own problems that it is currently out of the global debate – it is losing relevance quite quickly.
Fernanda Mena, Folha de São Paulo, Aug 2019
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage BRAZIL
Fernanda Mena cont...
A link between Brexit and Brazil is the use of social media to target uncertain and vulnerable voters with fake news. It happened here in Jair Bolsonaro’s election – and maybe it is not a coincidence that Bolsonaro is close to Steve Bannon...
Fernanda Mena cont...
A link between Brexit and Brazil is the use of social media to target uncertain and vulnerable voters with fake news. It happened here in Jair Bolsonaro’s election – and maybe it is not a coincidence that Bolsonaro is close to Steve Bannon...
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage BRAZIL
When we see this happening in one of the nations of recognised tradition, public spirit and aversion to authoritarianism and anarchy, it makes you think: the world really is in crisis.
André Ricardo
When we see this happening in one of the nations of recognised tradition, public spirit and aversion to authoritarianism and anarchy, it makes you think: the world really is in crisis.
André Ricardo
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage BRAZIL
The tragedy of the UK will enter history as an example of where populist demagogy and narrow nationalism can lead.
Helio Gurovitz , G1
The tragedy of the UK will enter history as an example of where populist demagogy and narrow nationalism can lead.
Helio Gurovitz , G1
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage BRAZIL
Brexit seems “more and more like a sort of slow-motion suicide”.
Alfredo Valladão, Political Scientist
Brexit seems “more and more like a sort of slow-motion suicide”.
Alfredo Valladão, Political Scientist
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage CHINA
Moreover, there are the interests of various political elites which means Brexit has become a farce that won’t end for a long time.
Cui Hongjian of the China Institute of International Studies, in The Global Times
Moreover, there are the interests of various political elites which means Brexit has become a farce that won’t end for a long time.
Cui Hongjian of the China Institute of International Studies, in The Global Times
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage CHINA
“A country’s people votes and decides, and they kill themselves.”
“A second people’s referendum is not allowed because it violates ‘democracy’, yet May’s shit Brexit agreement is repeatedly submitted to parliament. Is this democracy?”
Anonymous commentators on WEIBO.
“A country’s people votes and decides, and they kill themselves.”
“A second people’s referendum is not allowed because it violates ‘democracy’, yet May’s shit Brexit agreement is repeatedly submitted to parliament. Is this democracy?”
Anonymous commentators on WEIBO.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage CHINA
The Brexit farce has encouraged the nationalists in China, especially the young generation.
Liu Ye, Sanlian Life Week magazine, Aug 2019
/cont.
The Brexit farce has encouraged the nationalists in China, especially the young generation.
Liu Ye, Sanlian Life Week magazine, Aug 2019
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage CHINA
Liu Ye cont...
Public intellectuals, especially liberals, talk about the British style of constitutionalism, comparing it to our Soviet-style totalitarian regime. Students know more about Winston Churchill & Margaret Thatcher than JFK or Bill Clinton.
/cont.
Liu Ye cont...
Public intellectuals, especially liberals, talk about the British style of constitutionalism, comparing it to our Soviet-style totalitarian regime. Students know more about Winston Churchill & Margaret Thatcher than JFK or Bill Clinton.
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage CHINA
Liu Ye cont...
That is real “soft power”.
But now this image has collapsed.
Liu Ye cont...
That is real “soft power”.
But now this image has collapsed.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage FRANCE
Once, we used to hold up British parliamentary life as the Rolls-Royce of liberal democracy.
Sylvie Kauffmann, Le Monde, Aug 2019
[Note the use of the past tense...]
Once, we used to hold up British parliamentary life as the Rolls-Royce of liberal democracy.
Sylvie Kauffmann, Le Monde, Aug 2019
[Note the use of the past tense...]
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage GERMANY
Johnson is seen as treating Europe as a big joke. Quoting witty lines in Latin won’t change that.
Khuê Pham, Zeit magazine, Aug 2019
/cont.
Johnson is seen as treating Europe as a big joke. Quoting witty lines in Latin won’t change that.
Khuê Pham, Zeit magazine, Aug 2019
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage GERMANY
Khuê Pham cont...
Britain’s soft power has already started to diminish. Caught up in Brexit, the UK government doesn’t have the bandwidth to play a role in European politics any more.
/cont.
Khuê Pham cont...
Britain’s soft power has already started to diminish. Caught up in Brexit, the UK government doesn’t have the bandwidth to play a role in European politics any more.
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage GERMANY
Khuê Pham cont...
I think the German public has started to lose interest in the latest details of the negotiations – they used to think of Britain as being very cool, now it’s seen as a big mess.
Khuê Pham cont...
I think the German public has started to lose interest in the latest details of the negotiations – they used to think of Britain as being very cool, now it’s seen as a big mess.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage GERMANY
[UK] The Laughing Stock of Europe
Translation of excerpts of Christian Zasche's article for Süddeutsche Zeitung here:
indy100.com/article/brexit…
[UK] The Laughing Stock of Europe
Translation of excerpts of Christian Zasche's article for Süddeutsche Zeitung here:
indy100.com/article/brexit…
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage INDIA
The result, observing the saga unfold from afar, is high comedy: a political class that is trapped by its own promises and lies into delivering the undeliverable and which is now losing all credibility as a consequence.
Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg columnist, Aug 2019
/cont.
The result, observing the saga unfold from afar, is high comedy: a political class that is trapped by its own promises and lies into delivering the undeliverable and which is now losing all credibility as a consequence.
Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg columnist, Aug 2019
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage INDIA
Mihir Sharma cont...
It’s been strange to watch the incredible arrogance on display in England (not Britain), which reveals itself in this belief that they will somehow be a desirable location or partner for other countries once they leave Europe.
/cont.
Mihir Sharma cont...
It’s been strange to watch the incredible arrogance on display in England (not Britain), which reveals itself in this belief that they will somehow be a desirable location or partner for other countries once they leave Europe.
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage INDIA
Mihir Sharma cont...
Such a giant and inexplicable act of self-harm would be sad if it happened to a country less sure of itself, but when it happens to England, it is amusing as well.
/cont.
Mihir Sharma cont...
Such a giant and inexplicable act of self-harm would be sad if it happened to a country less sure of itself, but when it happens to England, it is amusing as well.
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage INDIA
Mihir Sharma cont...
Britain confuses its standing with that of London. London is a great global city. Britain is a small European country with ideas above its station. People will continue to shop in London. Companies will locate less in Britain.
/cont.
Mihir Sharma cont...
Britain confuses its standing with that of London. London is a great global city. Britain is a small European country with ideas above its station. People will continue to shop in London. Companies will locate less in Britain.
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage INDIA
Mihir Sharma cont...
The Indian government will pay less attention to the British prime minister and more to Brussels and Berlin.
The country that invented the Westminster system, intended to control popular anger, seems to have forgotten how to run a democracy.
/cont.
Mihir Sharma cont...
The Indian government will pay less attention to the British prime minister and more to Brussels and Berlin.
The country that invented the Westminster system, intended to control popular anger, seems to have forgotten how to run a democracy.
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage INDIA
Mihir Sharma cont...
India, like others, has noticed for the first time that Europe exists independently of Britain. India thought of Europe as Britain’s backyard. Brexit means we will now develop independent relationships with European countries. Britain, and London...
Mihir Sharma cont...
India, like others, has noticed for the first time that Europe exists independently of Britain. India thought of Europe as Britain’s backyard. Brexit means we will now develop independent relationships with European countries. Britain, and London...
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage INDIA
Mihir Sharma cont...
...will become less important.
If Brexiters think that negotiating a trade agreement with India is going to be easy, they are in for a nasty shock. There is a far stronger belief in Britain than in India in the power of nostalgia & a “shared history”.
Mihir Sharma cont...
...will become less important.
If Brexiters think that negotiating a trade agreement with India is going to be easy, they are in for a nasty shock. There is a far stronger belief in Britain than in India in the power of nostalgia & a “shared history”.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage INDIA
Mihir Sharma cont...
If Britain wants a deal, it will have to concede India’s demand for easier work visas for professionals and students. It will have to relax immigration. This is as non-negotiable for New Delhi as it is for Brussels.
/cont.
Mihir Sharma cont...
If Britain wants a deal, it will have to concede India’s demand for easier work visas for professionals and students. It will have to relax immigration. This is as non-negotiable for New Delhi as it is for Brussels.
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage INDIA
Mihir Sharma cont...
Britain’s reputation for common sense and pragmatism has been severely damaged by Brexit. I doubt it will survive a Boris Johnson premiership.
Mihir Sharma cont...
Britain’s reputation for common sense and pragmatism has been severely damaged by Brexit. I doubt it will survive a Boris Johnson premiership.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage INDIA
“How could a modern, educated and open society … have got it so wrong?"
Britons “were deluded by their popular, lowbrow, chauvinistic, rightwing press”.
Subir Roy, The Hindu.
“How could a modern, educated and open society … have got it so wrong?"
Britons “were deluded by their popular, lowbrow, chauvinistic, rightwing press”.
Subir Roy, The Hindu.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage INDIA
Many Indians see Brexit as the latest chapter in a “sharp decline in the place Britain commands as a great power”.
The UK “is not a gold standard to look up to. We get a feeling of a sinking ship, and everybody wants to leave a sinking ship.”
Sreeram Chaulia
Many Indians see Brexit as the latest chapter in a “sharp decline in the place Britain commands as a great power”.
The UK “is not a gold standard to look up to. We get a feeling of a sinking ship, and everybody wants to leave a sinking ship.”
Sreeram Chaulia
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage IRELAND
Brexit is both inherently aggressive and dangerously nostalgic. Not to mention confused, to the point, I think, of delusion.
Vona Groarke, Irish Times
/cont.
Brexit is both inherently aggressive and dangerously nostalgic. Not to mention confused, to the point, I think, of delusion.
Vona Groarke, Irish Times
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage IRELAND
Vona Groarke cont...
The NHS website identifies delusions, confused thoughts and lack of insight and self-awareness as the prime symptoms of psychosis. That seems apt.
/cont.
Vona Groarke cont...
The NHS website identifies delusions, confused thoughts and lack of insight and self-awareness as the prime symptoms of psychosis. That seems apt.
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage IRELAND
Vona Groarke cont...
Nothing about its way of handling the withdrawal negotiations would seem to suggest other than that Britain may be suffering from collective psychosis.
Vona Groarke cont...
Nothing about its way of handling the withdrawal negotiations would seem to suggest other than that Britain may be suffering from collective psychosis.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage IRELAND
Welcome to the United Kingdom of Absurdistan.
Britain’s democracy is built on feudalism and its unwritten constitution is feeble.
Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times
Welcome to the United Kingdom of Absurdistan.
Britain’s democracy is built on feudalism and its unwritten constitution is feeble.
Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage ISRAEL
Given the “unbelievable mess that the UK has got itself into”, Israelis should perhaps “avoid wishing ourselves ‘the best of British luck’” ahead of elections this month."
Susan Hattis Rolef, The Jerusalem Post
Given the “unbelievable mess that the UK has got itself into”, Israelis should perhaps “avoid wishing ourselves ‘the best of British luck’” ahead of elections this month."
Susan Hattis Rolef, The Jerusalem Post
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage JAPAN
The Japanese have always seen Britain as a gentle, stable country, but that has changed.
Nobuyuki Suzuki, The Tokyo Shimbun newspaper
/cont.
The Japanese have always seen Britain as a gentle, stable country, but that has changed.
Nobuyuki Suzuki, The Tokyo Shimbun newspaper
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage JAPAN
Nobuyuki Suzuki cont...
Japanese companies invested in Britain because it was a member of the EU. But agreeing a Japan-UK free trade deal after Brexit wld take a very long time, & during that period it wld be difficult for Japanese firms to continue operating in Britain.
Nobuyuki Suzuki cont...
Japanese companies invested in Britain because it was a member of the EU. But agreeing a Japan-UK free trade deal after Brexit wld take a very long time, & during that period it wld be difficult for Japanese firms to continue operating in Britain.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage JAPAN
Nobuyuki Suzuki cont...
With or without a deal, leaving the EU is a bad idea.
Nobuyuki Suzuki cont...
With or without a deal, leaving the EU is a bad idea.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage KENYA
Dear Britain, have you ever heard of project management? This discipline refers to when you set yourself a goal and clear milestones and tasks towards achieving it.
Adema Sangale, The Nation
Dear Britain, have you ever heard of project management? This discipline refers to when you set yourself a goal and clear milestones and tasks towards achieving it.
Adema Sangale, The Nation
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage RUSSIA
How can Britain fail so spectacularly “to correlate its capabilities with reality”?
Dmitry Kiselyov, Russia's best-known TV Presenter
/cont.
How can Britain fail so spectacularly “to correlate its capabilities with reality”?
Dmitry Kiselyov, Russia's best-known TV Presenter
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage RUSSIA
Dmitry Kiselyov cont...
Our ideas of a certain civilised way of doing business in the west are once again being challenged.
Everything that’s happening testifies to the irresponsibility of the British elite...
Dmitry Kiselyov cont...
Our ideas of a certain civilised way of doing business in the west are once again being challenged.
Everything that’s happening testifies to the irresponsibility of the British elite...
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage SOUTH AFRICA
Outside the EU, "Britain shrinks to a sort of economic ‘Middling Britain’, useful for some great shopping and often great theatre, but not to be seen as a serious global player any more."
J Brooks Spector, Daily Maverick, March 2019
/cont.
Outside the EU, "Britain shrinks to a sort of economic ‘Middling Britain’, useful for some great shopping and often great theatre, but not to be seen as a serious global player any more."
J Brooks Spector, Daily Maverick, March 2019
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage SOUTH AFRICA
J Brooks Spector cont...
Even if the country is ultimately able to cobble together some kind of new economic relationship with the EU, the international reputation of its prowess as a negotiator would seem to be fatally compromised.
/cont.
J Brooks Spector cont...
Even if the country is ultimately able to cobble together some kind of new economic relationship with the EU, the international reputation of its prowess as a negotiator would seem to be fatally compromised.
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage SOUTH AFRICA
The importance of Great Britain in the consciousness of South Africa has waned. Yet there’s a gleefulness in watching the British realise the ineptitude of their own politicians.
Khadija Patel, The Mail & Guardian newspaper
/cont.
The importance of Great Britain in the consciousness of South Africa has waned. Yet there’s a gleefulness in watching the British realise the ineptitude of their own politicians.
Khadija Patel, The Mail & Guardian newspaper
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage SOUTH AFRICA
Khadija Patel cont...
I guess we suffered when they were colonial rulers, and Boris Johnson [encapsulates] everything you might lampoon about Britain and its idea of itself.
/cont.
Khadija Patel cont...
I guess we suffered when they were colonial rulers, and Boris Johnson [encapsulates] everything you might lampoon about Britain and its idea of itself.
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage SOUTH AFRICA
Khadija Patel cont...
I’m going to be interested in how Boris Johnson deals with Africa… I don’t think that [South African president] Cyril Ramaphosa or [foreign minister] Naledi Pandor are going to respond very well to him as a serious interlocutor...
/cont.
Khadija Patel cont...
I’m going to be interested in how Boris Johnson deals with Africa… I don’t think that [South African president] Cyril Ramaphosa or [foreign minister] Naledi Pandor are going to respond very well to him as a serious interlocutor...
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage SOUTH AFRICA
Khadija Patel cont...
...with proposals about strengthening ties between our two countries.
Britain will never hold that soft power again, no way.
Khadija Patel cont...
...with proposals about strengthening ties between our two countries.
Britain will never hold that soft power again, no way.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage SWITZERLAND
After the loss of the Empire, the UK went in search of a new place in the world. It eventually found itself a strong, uncomfortable & influential part of a larger alliance: as part of the EU.
It gave up this position unnecessarily.
Tages-Anzeiger and Der Bund
After the loss of the Empire, the UK went in search of a new place in the world. It eventually found itself a strong, uncomfortable & influential part of a larger alliance: as part of the EU.
It gave up this position unnecessarily.
Tages-Anzeiger and Der Bund
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage USA
THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS GONE MAD
If you can’t take a joke you shouldn’t come to London right now, because there is political farce everywhere.
In truth, though, it’s not very funny. It’s actually tragic.
Thomas Friedman, The New York Times
/cont.
THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS GONE MAD
If you can’t take a joke you shouldn’t come to London right now, because there is political farce everywhere.
In truth, though, it’s not very funny. It’s actually tragic.
Thomas Friedman, The New York Times
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage USA
Thomas Friedman cont...
Here is a country “determined to commit economic suicide but unable even to agree on how to kill itself”, led by “a ship of fools” unwilling to “compromise with one another and with reality”. The result is an “epic failure of political leadership.”
Thomas Friedman cont...
Here is a country “determined to commit economic suicide but unable even to agree on how to kill itself”, led by “a ship of fools” unwilling to “compromise with one another and with reality”. The result is an “epic failure of political leadership.”
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage USA
BREXIT WILL MARK THE END OF BRITAIN AS A GREAT POWER
The UK, “famous for its prudence, propriety and punctuality, is suddenly looking like a banana republic."
Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post
/cont.
BREXIT WILL MARK THE END OF BRITAIN AS A GREAT POWER
The UK, “famous for its prudence, propriety and punctuality, is suddenly looking like a banana republic."
Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage USA
Fareed Zakaria cont...
The UK's implosion might even be the beginning of the end of “the west, as a political and strategic entity”.
Fareed Zakaria cont...
The UK's implosion might even be the beginning of the end of “the west, as a political and strategic entity”.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage USA
The Brexiters seem to think that the US will be a better substitute for the EU.
But Trump can’t be trusted, particularly not on trade, where his one organising principle is that everyone’s out to take advantage of the US.
Jen Kirby, Vox, Aug 2019
/cont.
The Brexiters seem to think that the US will be a better substitute for the EU.
But Trump can’t be trusted, particularly not on trade, where his one organising principle is that everyone’s out to take advantage of the US.
Jen Kirby, Vox, Aug 2019
/cont.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage USA
Jen Kirby cont...
Trump’s US doesn’t look as desperate for friends as the UK does in its split from the EU.
Jen Kirby cont...
Trump’s US doesn’t look as desperate for friends as the UK does in its split from the EU.
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC @Nigel_Farage I could go on & on & on & on...
Except I can't, because I've got to get on with some work.
My prayer is that you (Nick & Nigel) will both face reality, grow a pair and put the brakes on before 11pm on Jan-31.
The country will forgive you, if you save it from #Brexit oblivion.
Except I can't, because I've got to get on with some work.
My prayer is that you (Nick & Nigel) will both face reality, grow a pair and put the brakes on before 11pm on Jan-31.
The country will forgive you, if you save it from #Brexit oblivion.
