Met a lovely Scottish lady on the bus.
She was singing! Had a nice voice, & I said so.
We started chatting and she said, All this election stuff! I don’t like Sunak or Starmer.
I said, Me neither.
Then I did it. I bit the bullet:
‘And that Nigel Farage is a worry too…’
1/
She was singing! Had a nice voice, & I said so.
We started chatting and she said, All this election stuff! I don’t like Sunak or Starmer.
I said, Me neither.
Then I did it. I bit the bullet:
‘And that Nigel Farage is a worry too…’
1/
Felt like the whole bus held its breath (I don’t like to be that annoying loud talker, but she had hearing issues so I was higher volume than usual!)
Then she broke my heart: ‘Oh, I think we need more like Nigel!’
YEEPS.
It turned out she didn’t know the real Farage at all
2/
Then she broke my heart: ‘Oh, I think we need more like Nigel!’
YEEPS.
It turned out she didn’t know the real Farage at all
2/
She didn’t know:
-That he was rich
-That he was far right
-That he’d said he would work for Trump even if elected here.
And this was a woman who believed ‘everyone should be looked after’ and hated seeing people go hungry et
We have to take note!
3/
-That he was rich
-That he was far right
-That he’d said he would work for Trump even if elected here.
And this was a woman who believed ‘everyone should be looked after’ and hated seeing people go hungry et
We have to take note!
3/
This sweet-seeming woman genuinely believes he’s a breath of fresh air and a man of the people.
OK, just 1 example, & someone who probably doesn’t have the political info at her fingertips that we do.
BUT: my son’s barber, a Londoner aged 35, says the EXACT same about Farage
4/
OK, just 1 example, & someone who probably doesn’t have the political info at her fingertips that we do.
BUT: my son’s barber, a Londoner aged 35, says the EXACT same about Farage
4/
He too says he hates Sunak and Starmer, hates the state the UK is in. He thinks the Tories wrecked it.
Great so far.
But HE TOO thinks Farage is the answer.
We should remember
Farage is speaking over our heads to these people.
WE roll our eyes at the lies: they believe
6/
Great so far.
But HE TOO thinks Farage is the answer.
We should remember
Farage is speaking over our heads to these people.
WE roll our eyes at the lies: they believe
6/
We have to be mindful of the damage political de-education and a rubbish press has done.
Exactly as they were supposed to.
The door is opening to populism and fascism.
We have to close it!
7/7
Exactly as they were supposed to.
The door is opening to populism and fascism.
We have to close it!
7/7
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