Do you want to discuss boring politics? (32 Viewers)

[SBT]

What I like about Farage is that he tells it like it is and doesn’t speak like a normal politician, so when he’s asked if he was ever racist at school he can give them a real straight talking answer like “have I ever been part of an extremist organisation or engaged in direct, unpleasant, personal abuse, no”

 

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[Brighton Sky Blue]

Typical BBC bias in favour of the woke radical left agenda wait what

The difficult question about how powerful the Budget watchdog is

Ahead of this week's Budget, some have accused the Office for Budget Responsibility of being a "straitjacket on growth"

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[chiefdave]

Erm, me and Farage are about the same age. This wasn't stuff he was saying when he was ten, it was in his late teens. So closer to forty years ago. Mid to late 1980s.

And yes, things were different then, but we didn't go around singing Hitler was right or telling Jewish kids that there weren't enough of them gassed.

I would have been at school mid to late 80s and we def knew about racism and what was and wasn't acceptable then. There was certainly more casual racism from the older generation but I don't think Farage is old enough to have that excuse.

 

[rob9872]

I would have been at school mid to late 80s and we def knew about racism and what was and wasn't acceptable then. There was certainly more casual racism from the older generation but I don't think Farage is old enough to have that excuse.

I agree and I was at school in the 80's too. I don't know the details of what's being alleged, but the only pass I'd give him is that language does change. If he's directed personal abuse at someone to make them feel uncomfortable that's always totally wrong, but I'd be lying if I said we didn't refer to the local shop as the P shop (as they even did on OFaH) or make jokes about jews, Ethiopians or Cambodians. We even called people Joey after the poor guy on Blue Peter. I might be the only one admitting that on this platform, but I know I won't be the only one who did it.

In today's terms that was all totally unacceptable and in fairness was unacceptable back then too, but everyone I know from school said the same and whilst I'd never consider at the time what we said was racist, I wasn't on the receiving end of it to judge.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

I agree and I was at school in the 80's too. I don't know the details of what's being alleged, but the only pass I'd give him is that language does change. If he's directed personal abuse at someone to make them feel uncomfortable that's always totally wrong, but I'd be lying if I said we didn't refer to the local shop as the P shop (as they even did on OFaH) or make jokes about jews, Ethiopians or Cambodians. We even called people Joey after the poor guy on Blue Peter. I might be the only one admitting that on this platform, but I know I won't be the only one who did it.

In today's terms that was all totally unacceptable and in fairness was unacceptable back then too, but everyone I know from school said the same and whilst I'd never consider at the time what we said was racist, I wasn't on the receiving end of it to judge.

Its ok it was just hijinks before the woke world oft oday!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I agree and I was at school in the 80's too. I don't know the details of what's being alleged, but the only pass I'd give him is that language does change. If he's directed personal abuse at someone to make them feel uncomfortable that's always totally wrong, but I'd be lying if I said we didn't refer to the local shop as the P shop (as they even did on OFaH) or make jokes about jews, Ethiopians or Cambodians. We even called people Joey after the poor guy on Blue Peter. I might be the only one admitting that on this platform, but I know I won't be the only one who did it.

In today's terms that was all totally unacceptable and in fairness was unacceptable back then too, but everyone I know from school said the same and whilst I'd never consider at the time what we said was racist, I wasn't on the receiving end of it to judge.

In my wife’s neck of the woods in Scotland people still use the terms P shop and ‘chinky’ for a Chinese takeaway. Some parts of the country haven’t caught up.

As for Farage I agree with what you’ve written.

 

[PVA]

There is a story about Farage singing Nazi songs as a youth, and the founder of UKIP said he would regularly use the 'N' word, so yes I can imagine he did racially insult people 40 years ago.

The way he denies it is essentially admitting it anyway.

 

[rob9872]

There is a story about Farage singing Nazi songs as a youth, and the founder of UKIP said he would regularly use the 'N' word, so yes I can imagine he did racially insult people 40 years ago.

The way he denies it is essentially admitting it anyway.

Not sure if this counts as a Nazi song, but I do remember singing this one:

Hitler, has only got one ball
The other is in the Albert Hall
His mother, the dirty bugger,
Chopped it off when he was small

 

[LarryGrayson]

In today's terms that was all totally unacceptable and in fairness was unacceptable back then too

he says it just banter tho says more about wot he thinks now he cant say its wrong lick wot you have

 

[Grendel]

Erm, me and Farage are about the same age. This wasn't stuff he was saying when he was ten, it was in his late teens. So closer to forty years ago. Mid to late 1980s.

I don’t think your maths is very good here!

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

The 7th richest man in the UK has just left the UK… the millionaire exodus is of course not real.