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Brexit Party ~ Official Launch Today!

Woohoo!! Farage's mission is to break up the no longer fit for purpose two party system. Speaking to LBC this morning NF stated that in the last 10 days since the website went live, £750,000 has already been raised from small donations. Let the Farage Fear begin.😸https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/11/brexit-party-will-give-people-chance-change-politics-good/?WT.mc_id=tmgliveapp_iosshare_AsTlcqSlPKSV

Sue Hammond ● 2770d14 Comments

you mean..Let the Far Right Fear begin. Farage is not fit for purpose. This will be again funded by dodgy money.. Very sad to hear you support this Sue

Graham Earl ● 2770d

Graham please don't feel sad for me 😿there really isn't any need to.😸xx

Sue Hammond ● 2770d

His mission is to break up the no longer fit for purpose two party system.And replace it with what?  Or is it just to create anarchy?

John Gorst ● 2770d

it's sad supporters of these kinds of people live in Putney..https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/25/why-wont-nigel-farage-answer-my-brexit-questions

Graham Earl ● 2770d

Pity that Led by Donkeys registered the ".com" domain a few weeks ago ...https://thebrexitparty.com/I see Annunziata Rees-Mogg, Jacob's younger sister, is one of their candidates: obviously a party of the people. I'd note for anyone who cares about cruelty to animals she's an opponent of the Hunting Act, so obviously likes seeing foxes ripped apart by hounds. (I don't think she wants to see a revised more robust Anti Hunting Act.) In my experience people who don't care about animals don't care about people.

Michael Ixer ● 2770d

"it's sad supporters of these kinds of people live in Putney..https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/25/why-wont-nigel-farage-answer-my-brexit-questions"And there is a connection between Farage and Assange?!It's all most confusing.

David Ainsworth ● 2770d

@Graham 10.42Hi Graham, it's sad that there's been a ferocious media witch hunt directed at Farage for years because of his opposition to the E.U., and the vitriol has intensified since the referendum result. I have to admit I haven't read the whole article you linked, it was far too long and boring.💤 Unfortunately it seems to me that Guardian reporters work along the lines of the more wordy their articles are, the more right they are.🙄 This method is delusional and unfortunately it's copied by some posters on here.😼However, I am interested about "these kinds of people live in Putney.." so could you dissect and post that particular part of the article for me please? Many thanks.

Sue Hammond ● 2770d

Hi John. No it isn't anything to do with anarchy imo.  Quite a few posters on here have been saying the two main parties are acting disgracefully, our political system is in a mess and it needs to change etc. When you listen to television and radio broadcasts and read what's in the papers it seems that the same feelings are sweeping the country. The formation of the Brexit Party and Change.UK could be the start of much needed change. If the European Elections do go ahead they will be very interesting!P.S. Electoral reform is long overdue and PR should be implemented into U.K. law asap after we Brexit.

Sue Hammond ● 2770d

The alternative vote option was defeated in the 2011 referendum so not sure if another attempt at PR would be successful. I'm sure the Green Party and LibDems would like it as well, but it won't fix the Brexit divide across the UK.

Michael Ixer ● 2770d

It occurs to me that if (big if) the Conservative Party were to split into two sizeable chunks over Brexit, then that might leave both chunks losing their fondness for First Past The Post.Also, since the 2011 referendum, I think a lot of people may have come to the conclusion that 'First Past The Post gives us strong governments with clear mandates' doesn't seem to be true any more.If we do get a change, I can't see it being AV, which seems to please no one.My *guess* is that we'd end up with a Mixed Member Proportional/Additional Member as that is proportional but preserves the constituency link. Works in Germany and New Zealand and in the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and London Assembly.

James Elder ● 2770d

its sad these kinds of people live in Putney.  I hope that I have misunderstood this post.  Could you please clarify?

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2770d

Farage does seem to keep company with some rather "interesting" individuals: Trump, Bannon, Rees Mogg's sister ... even Assage! If one looks at the various right wing links, what is the obvious factor in their dislike of the EU (if one ignores the fact they're mainly white, male, wealthy, etc)? They're all anti regulation, it gets in the way of their profits - whether it's exploiting consumers, individuals privacy, workers, "farm" animals, product standards, ...mmm, it seems to have worked well for the FAA and Boeing? And let's not forget the banking crisis of '08?

Michael Ixer ● 2770d

I feel that the result of the alternative vote referendum would not be a good indicator for support of a PR system of some kind.  I was dubious re AR, but have always been a fan of PR mainly on the basis it gives a parliament that reflects how votes were cast.Obviously (in my mind anyway) the smaller parties who perform poorly in FPTP such as the Lib Dem’s,, greens, and UKIP as was, would likely pick up a greater vote share as people vote for their preference rather than often what they view as leat bad between labour and conservative.Equally obviously until now the two main parties have resisted as it is unlikely that either could form a majority government with PR for now.Rules could be set to keep out the noise (no parties with under 5% such as Germany) and maybe to grant the winning party certain rights or extra MPs to ensure they led the government.  It would be easy enough to break down regionally or into super constituencies each electing say 20mps to give local representation.Not holding my breath though!

Mike Warman ● 2770d

He can’t even register his website name ... thebrexitparty.comNick

Nicholas Evans ● 2770d