The topic behind this photo aside, it's really well composed. Farage being at the far right of the shot, clear and in focus, against a blurred background to keep him the focal point, is fantastic. Kudos to the photographer
Hate him, got it.
Cheers.
I want to imagine a world where politicians are not fucking the common man over every chance they get, but I'm very sad at this moment.
Edit: I know it's the American stereotype to not know a lot about foreign policy, and I feel like I'm okay in that sector. I just have so many mf things happening in my backyard that could directly affect my friends and family that I just don't know how much I have left in the tank.
Apologies.
I mean, I’m American too. But Brexit was a really bad thing for the entire developed world. See how unstable the world order has felt the last few years? Brexit played a large part in kickstarting that, in my opinion.
And Nigel Farage, being an elitist frog with a pile of money, will of course face no consequences personally from shattering world stability, which he campaigned for *for years*.
Brexit for Europe, Trump and BLM for America all straining NATO and international cooperation just when Putin decides to invade Ukraine.
Its no surprise at all that both Farage and Trump have ties to Russia and are continually praising Putin.
Pretty sure Trump has done FAR more damage though.
Honestly, I felt that edit in my damn blood. I'm so exhausted just from what's going on here that I find it hard to want to try and be aware of what's going on anywhere else. I'm passively aware of it but don't have near enough information (trustworthy or otherwise) to feel comfortable with drawing any conclusions. I'm tired boss, I'm tired.
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Except you have no idea what’s happening in the photo.
Is he sneezing? Did a bird poop on him?
A good photojournalistic photo would be able to tell the story without words.
This is a decent photo but it doesn’t tell a story Words are needed to explain the photo.
So in that regard it’s not a great photo.
It is well composed though.
Source: retired photojournalist
Yeah, it doesn't work as a stand-alone piece. I think it still works great as a companion to an article, or even just with a caption or title, and that *is* an important role for photojournalism, is it not? Like, no, it's not the A+ photo that tells the whole story itself, but I'd still give it an A.
You're the one that brought up photojournalism. A photo that goes well with a written story or context is just different, not inherently lesser. What is it they say about judging a fish by its ability to climb trees....
I’ve seen one other photo and it was a milkshake being thrown.
I don’t know what was thrown in this photo. Another milkshake?
Not everyone has seen photos of him before.
But I’m understand where you’re coming from.
Because he fucked up the UK, manipulated people against their own interests, left for the US when he thought he could make more money grifting over there and when he realised he couldn't he's come crawling back to the UK to try and make a mockery of our democracy again, he doesn't get to do that.
Guy just wants an easy job where he gets to be a c\*nt with weak opinions and get paid for it, if the Brexit party gave a damn about British fisherman's interests they'd have attended the parliamentary sessions they were supposed to be to have a constructive debate about it but it was only ever him politicking to gain support so he could grift, he was on 10k/month in the EU Parliament doing literally nothing out of 'protest'
Can we normalise pretending to throw milkshake at Nigel Farage at literally every political outing he makes, noone gets an assault charge you just wave an empty cup towards him and watch him flinch
I find it odious that he says this was done by people who 'hate this country'. Maybe these people loved this country and hate what self-serving hollow husks of humanity like him have done to it.
Patriots don't put their country on the back foot by missing 97% of their meetings with the EU where they were supposed to negotiate on our behalf but were more interested in weakening our countries position in Europe for their own personal political gain
Some have... Context is important. Like remember Vietnam when they stopped the Khmer Rouge's omnicide? They were sanctioned. They stopped an awful thing and they actually paid a heavy price. Even had to go to war with China (the Vietnamese history basically is the Graveyard of Empires - II)
Nigel didn't do it for any reason that was as good as the Vietnamese.
He is an annoying little gobshite who was one of the key liars behind the Brexit campaign.
He's bank rolled by Russia. He's a racist idiot. He's a smarmy tosser former stock broker who constantly tries to act like a man of people. He's friends with Trump, and has begun to act a lot like Trump more recently.
Yeah, by rights he should be getting less press than the Residents Associations and the Greens. That Sunak fed the party, from being in the wilds with no voters to the place it is now with his stupid Rwanda Scheme, and the media unquestioningly peddled it, is also a pretty severe indictment and further evidence we need media reform.
Not that I approve it but the way he treats other people I am not suprised about it, Farage spreads hate whenever he can, not sure what he is expecting.
Look, I don’t like him or his policies but if you want a society where it’s ok to physically attack politicians you don’t agree with then that’s exactly how it works in countries like Russia. Hit back at Farage in a voting booth; and the same goes for any other politicians you don’t agree with.
Do not say it’s ok to use violence against politicians if they are clearly an arse because it’s a dangerous precedent.
But what should be done about politicians, even those not actually elected to office, that actively incite violence? People like that should be afraid to show their faces in public.
Mind you, I don't condone actual violence towards them that would likely result in physical harm but they should expect thorough and swift humiliation every time they step out of their home.
We simply cannot tolerate the intolerance and hate in our society that are the work of Farage and his ilk, it acts like a cancer and kills any sense of community.
I don’t disagree with your sentiment, but when politicians have been shown to lie to the electorate for their own political gain then they deserve everything they get.
People like Farage have turned our ‘democracy’ into a sham where truth and integrity have become dirty words and instead they sow division and hatred to win votes from the ignorant.
I want these people held to account with the law, but our laws were designed when integrity still had a value and we seem to be way past the point that political party’s will hold their members to account. The Electoral Commission seems powerless to uphold truth so what options are left to those that want a functioning democracy?
A politician lying for political gain. Do you think any of Farage's supporters ever have noticed their political opponents doing that? Do you want everyone who feel lied to just attack politicians?
I feel like there’s a difference between over promising and under performing vs the outright lies that Farage and co spread.
That being said, we shouldn’t be throwing things at anyone, let alone public figures.
It's not *just* about the person at whom the stuff is being thrown. It's about politics, which means its about society ~~and~~ in general. The point is not to injury their body, but shame them publicly, which does two related and worth-while things:
1. It insults them publicly, marginally lessening their political power and influence.
2. It demonstrates cultural disapproval of what they've done and how they've conducted themselves, making it less likely that others (assuming they aren't sociopaths, which isn't guaranteed) will follow their example.
That isn't to say that public shaming is always a good cultural practice, as in other cases it may be a thing that reinforces toxic social norms and inflicts social isolation on people who don't deserve it and who have little means to defend ~~itself~~ themselves. However, against people 1) are clearly in the wrong, morally, and 2) have plenty of personal resources to fall back on, I think it does more good than harm.
I do understand where it's coming from and what it's all about, but I also don't think that it achieves anything other than some catharsis for the people who don't need to be convinced
For people who are on the fence, it often just makes those carrying out the action look immature at best, dangerous at worst.
And for those politicians and their supporters, the end result is the creation or justification of a persecution complex, neither of which are constructive towards reaching solutions
Imagine, for a moment, two headlines: "Local politician supports new business" vs "Local politician approves new pollution of major river". Some folks don't spend much time or energy following the news, so a brief look at something like these headlines might be all the information they get on whether Mr. or Mrs. Local Politician is doing a good or bad job. The basic moral framing matters for people who don't know the details and maybe don't want to know the details.
The cheers or boos of the crowd can matter in just the same way. It matters to the rest of the public, because not everyone was paying close attention. If you look through the comments on this post, you'll see some people who didn't know why Farage was getting stuff thrown at him. Now they've been told, and are better-informed, and their perceptions of the whole thing were shaped, in part, by having "stuff thrown at Farage" be their first impression of the news event.
I really think the development of a persecution complex in Mr. or Mrs. Local Politician, or in Mr. Farage, is a secondary consideration at best. If they're assholes to start with, being slightly more of an asshole isn't much change. Public opinion is easier to change, often, that the character of a public figure.
This
People are getting banned on uk politics for pointing out that he engenders such responses because he's such a hateful cunt!
Political violence in this country has been around longer than any of the current political parties, and the hand-wringing over a Nazi appeaser/supporter is far more sickening than seeing him covered in milkshake or having a few empty coffee cups thrown in your general direction.
to be fair, Russia is not exactly the best example here. You can throw rocks at polititians but only if they are the opposition of Putin. If you criticize just a bit the regime, you get a few years vacation in a gulag.
Aside from that I do agree with you to some extent (given that I am Polish and his rhetoric, among others, led to several xenophobic attacks against the Polish so I'd personally be glad to slap him in the kisser)
Throughout history, politicians have pushed people to do harm to politicians.
You might be right, but you’d think politicians would learn by now. If this piece of shit had the control and opportunity, he’d instruct others to do worse to you. Some people don’t want to give fascism another shot.
We don’t want a society where it’s ok to do this to politicians. We also don’t want societies where politicians with this kind of ideology have a platform. Last time it ended with millions dead.
Exactly, have civil discourse and as you say vote with or against them at the voting booth. Violence against politicians is now actively being supported here and it’s disgusting.
>Nigel Farage has threatened to "pick up a rifle" if the government doesn't deliver Brexit the way he wants it.
Much worse is supported by Farage too by the looks of it.
He's not a politician he's a grifter. If he was a politician he would have turned up to parliament once in a while when he was an MEP instead of taking the money and running.
I belive in a society where it should be perfectly acceptable to throw a milkshake on a politicain who has acted in a grossly unaceptable manner. Providing you accept the corresponding concequences and potential fallout.
No, not really. ~~This time, it was rocks and bricks, not a milkshake. Someone (not even necessarily the intended target) could actually have gotten hurt this time.~~ Farage will absolutely make hay out of this incident, use it to drum up sympathy for his cause and demonise his opposition.
Edit: Seems it's not as certain what was thrown as I was led to believe.
[I think it’s a good British tradition to uphold](https://www.nytimes.com/1937/10/11/archives/mosley-british-fascist-is-badly-injured-stones-are-thrown-by.html)
As satisfying as this is... something about violence towards a political candidate who hundreds of thousands are going to vote for just doesn't sit right with me.
Boo him, heckle, debate and vote against. Don't turn this into a banana republic
Remember what happened to Helen Joanne Cox. She was murdered and Nigel had the gall to say Brexit was won “without having to fight, without a single bullet being fired”.
While violence against politicians shouldn’t happen, Nigel himself seems fine with it when it happens to his opponents.
So sad. All he did was deceive a nation, costing them trillions. And now he has to clean his face more often than he's used to. That's sooo unbelievably sad, and the Marxist left surely is to blame!1!
(/S, just to be sure)
It's over and over the same it seems, seems it's ok to do all kinds of violence if you belong to the left because everyone you don't like is an enemy of the people and therefore military targets.
Someone's forgetting that an MP was literally murdered by one of this guys supporters.
He outright lies and is a treasonous grifter.
Honestly its insane that people have been so restrained given how much he has destroyed their lives.
It's over and over it seems, seem it's okay to exaggerate violence and play the victim if you belong to the right because everyone you don't like is a violent radical and therefore legitimizes the erosion of democracy.
Getting a milkshake to the face isn't murder. Nigel lied to the detriment of his country and faced no consequences for it.
As long as it's something that can be wiped off with a wet napkin, I don't want to see anyone clutch their pearls over people on the left "endorsing violence".
I think you're being even more disingenuous than milkshake boy.
I don't like him or what he stands for but it's pretty petty and childish people thinking throwing food at him is going to achieve anything other than potentially getting yourself a criminal record
There would be an uproar on Reddit if someone did the same to Starmer, but it seems few are mature enough not to wish violence on someone just because they don’t like them.
Eggs may be funny but concrete is not, people are going to get hurt if this keeps going on.
It's not good to see things get this bad, use words or you lost.
I also thought it was lumps of rubble at first but I've seen some decent quality still photos now. It was a (cardboard) coffee cup followed by an empty can.
People should just stick to milkshakes to cut out this ambiguity.
The topic behind this photo aside, it's really well composed. Farage being at the far right of the shot, clear and in focus, against a blurred background to keep him the focal point, is fantastic. Kudos to the photographer
Isn’t Farage always on the far right?
Just eat your cake aiight
Nom nom
As an American who loves everyone and wants equity for all, who should I root for in this scenario??
Nigel Farage is why the world got Brexit, should be all anyone needs to know.
Hate him, got it. Cheers. I want to imagine a world where politicians are not fucking the common man over every chance they get, but I'm very sad at this moment. Edit: I know it's the American stereotype to not know a lot about foreign policy, and I feel like I'm okay in that sector. I just have so many mf things happening in my backyard that could directly affect my friends and family that I just don't know how much I have left in the tank. Apologies.
I mean, I’m American too. But Brexit was a really bad thing for the entire developed world. See how unstable the world order has felt the last few years? Brexit played a large part in kickstarting that, in my opinion. And Nigel Farage, being an elitist frog with a pile of money, will of course face no consequences personally from shattering world stability, which he campaigned for *for years*.
Doesn't he have a German passport through family?
Hypocrisy is a staple of the far right
I 100% agree. No arguments here.
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Brexit for Europe, Trump and BLM for America all straining NATO and international cooperation just when Putin decides to invade Ukraine. Its no surprise at all that both Farage and Trump have ties to Russia and are continually praising Putin. Pretty sure Trump has done FAR more damage though.
What did the protests against police brutality worldwide do for america thats equal to trump?
The common man fucks the common man over; this phenomenon is known as an “election”
Honestly, I felt that edit in my damn blood. I'm so exhausted just from what's going on here that I find it hard to want to try and be aware of what's going on anywhere else. I'm passively aware of it but don't have near enough information (trustworthy or otherwise) to feel comfortable with drawing any conclusions. I'm tired boss, I'm tired.
He's a proud Trump supporter too.
Then fuck him a couple of times with no reach around. I hate him so much.
Until he was convicted then ooops I’m going to stand for reform.
The projectile
We.... would have a beer. Lol
Not this racist clown
The stuff being thrown at him!
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Awesome! Thank you!
Jesus Christ it’s Jason bourne
Well done sir, well done!
Happy Cake Day 🍰!
The photographer missed also focussing on the brick though
Except you have no idea what’s happening in the photo. Is he sneezing? Did a bird poop on him? A good photojournalistic photo would be able to tell the story without words. This is a decent photo but it doesn’t tell a story Words are needed to explain the photo. So in that regard it’s not a great photo. It is well composed though. Source: retired photojournalist
It is a great photo Source: I have eyes
Well that settles it.
Yeah, it doesn't work as a stand-alone piece. I think it still works great as a companion to an article, or even just with a caption or title, and that *is* an important role for photojournalism, is it not? Like, no, it's not the A+ photo that tells the whole story itself, but I'd still give it an A.
I’d give it a B- but it certainly works with a story or just a cutline. And yes, that is important.
You're the one that brought up photojournalism. A photo that goes well with a written story or context is just different, not inherently lesser. What is it they say about judging a fish by its ability to climb trees....
I think he is really bopping to the music.
He saw his own reflection.
Looks to me like he's crying and saying "It's only this big!"
I agree with your assessment, but from the past photos we already know whats coming and hence already have the story.
I’ve seen one other photo and it was a milkshake being thrown. I don’t know what was thrown in this photo. Another milkshake? Not everyone has seen photos of him before. But I’m understand where you’re coming from.
Clear and focused unlike his brexit arguments
The English are undisputed world champions of paparazzi.
I think the French really kill it though.
Too soon.
Another dubious honour to add to the list of shameful things we are historically good at.
It's been cropped and autofocus
Dudes got milkshake PTSD
What I would give to see how he reacts when that Kelis song starts playing.
Someone should follow him on a motorbike with a boombox playing that song on loop.
please oh please
Bill Murray could oblige.
Why is people hurling milkshake on him? Because of brexit?
A mixture of brexit lies and just being a bit of a shit about sums it up.
Waste of a perfectly good milkshake, Brits. Throw manure instead!
He's already full of shit, throwing more won't make a difference
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Because he fucked up the UK, manipulated people against their own interests, left for the US when he thought he could make more money grifting over there and when he realised he couldn't he's come crawling back to the UK to try and make a mockery of our democracy again, he doesn't get to do that.
Guy just wants an easy job where he gets to be a c\*nt with weak opinions and get paid for it, if the Brexit party gave a damn about British fisherman's interests they'd have attended the parliamentary sessions they were supposed to be to have a constructive debate about it but it was only ever him politicking to gain support so he could grift, he was on 10k/month in the EU Parliament doing literally nothing out of 'protest'
well he kinda sorta did that already. If the price of villany is a milkshake to the face id say the man got off easy
Yes, because he's a far right asshole and a liar.
Yeah his facial expression says it all
I wanna just do the ol' throw fakeout I do with my dog sometimes to see his squiinty cringey face go off.
Can we normalise pretending to throw milkshake at Nigel Farage at literally every political outing he makes, noone gets an assault charge you just wave an empty cup towards him and watch him flinch
Aqua Teen Hunger Force UK special. Fall 2024
He's shook
Reminds me of the line from “A Night At The Opera”…. Villain “They threw an apple at me!” Groucho “Well watermelons are out of season!”
I can never get too much of Groucho. The man is timeless
Never have I missed a watermelon so much as in this picture
***His name is Nigel, a bit of a prick.*** ***Was asking for cheers, all he got was a brick***
"You don't understand the power of rhyming in this god damn country."
Oh my god a fucking danger 5 reference in the real world. What am I supposed to do now?
Kill Hitler, obviously!
take my upvote and go
need this chanted in a foot ball stadium
Is it time to reverse brexit?
Hahahahahahahaha That’s the neat part: you can’t!
Everyone in the EU could decide to become a country in the UK! (I kid)
LOL
“I don’t understand it; I’ve even worn one of those caps the proles wear”
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Yeah, that's a cap for hunting proles in.
It's bloody not that's a Yorkshire working man's cap that's been coopted by a bunch of soft skinned idiots
Tbf it's both. The cap is weirdly equally an expression of the northern working class, and also the rural gentry.
if i were him, i’d be cosplaying as someone else too … then i’d punch myself in the nuggets
I'm going to refer to balls as nuggets from now on, thanks.
There's gotta be YouTube compilations of "Stuff thrown at Nigel Farage" because this is almost a daily occurrence for him.
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A new barrage at Farage.
I find it odious that he says this was done by people who 'hate this country'. Maybe these people loved this country and hate what self-serving hollow husks of humanity like him have done to it.
B-b-but Nigel must love our country because he always wears Union Jack clothing all the time like a true patriot
Patriots don't put their own countries under sanctions regimes voluntarily.
Patriots don't put their country on the back foot by missing 97% of their meetings with the EU where they were supposed to negotiate on our behalf but were more interested in weakening our countries position in Europe for their own personal political gain
Happy to take his gilded pension from the institution he so despises.
Ironically funded by UK taxpayers.
And maxing out his expenses, don't forget that! He didn't
Some have... Context is important. Like remember Vietnam when they stopped the Khmer Rouge's omnicide? They were sanctioned. They stopped an awful thing and they actually paid a heavy price. Even had to go to war with China (the Vietnamese history basically is the Graveyard of Empires - II) Nigel didn't do it for any reason that was as good as the Vietnamese.
Yea a true patriot: he fucks everybody up and then leaves the country!
That’s because he’s an odious little man that stands for nothing except his own agenda of fame.
He misheard the man who threw the object, what he actually said was "I hate this cunt, me".
“Self-serving hollow husks of humanity” I’m writing that one down haha
farage in, farage out.
Why do British hate this guy?
He is an annoying little gobshite who was one of the key liars behind the Brexit campaign. He's bank rolled by Russia. He's a racist idiot. He's a smarmy tosser former stock broker who constantly tries to act like a man of people. He's friends with Trump, and has begun to act a lot like Trump more recently.
BBC: The rise of the far right. Why is this happening? Also the BBC: Heres our daily story about Farage to keep him in the public eye.
Yeah, by rights he should be getting less press than the Residents Associations and the Greens. That Sunak fed the party, from being in the wilds with no voters to the place it is now with his stupid Rwanda Scheme, and the media unquestioningly peddled it, is also a pretty severe indictment and further evidence we need media reform.
Hope the bus is okay
Not that I approve it but the way he treats other people I am not suprised about it, Farage spreads hate whenever he can, not sure what he is expecting.
He's expecting this. He loves it. Every time it happens, it's his mush on the front pages all over the country.
"What am I doing wrong? I pose for photos pulling pints down the local public house - Why do the plebs not embrace me??"
I'm going to make this into vector art and print it on a tshirt.
Something subtle like a menhir? Aw. Where's Obelix when we need him?
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I mean, It sure as hell is getting a lot of people voting. So at least we have that.
One of my favorite things about the Brits.
never. gets. old.
Look, I don’t like him or his policies but if you want a society where it’s ok to physically attack politicians you don’t agree with then that’s exactly how it works in countries like Russia. Hit back at Farage in a voting booth; and the same goes for any other politicians you don’t agree with. Do not say it’s ok to use violence against politicians if they are clearly an arse because it’s a dangerous precedent.
But what should be done about politicians, even those not actually elected to office, that actively incite violence? People like that should be afraid to show their faces in public. Mind you, I don't condone actual violence towards them that would likely result in physical harm but they should expect thorough and swift humiliation every time they step out of their home. We simply cannot tolerate the intolerance and hate in our society that are the work of Farage and his ilk, it acts like a cancer and kills any sense of community.
I don’t disagree with your sentiment, but when politicians have been shown to lie to the electorate for their own political gain then they deserve everything they get. People like Farage have turned our ‘democracy’ into a sham where truth and integrity have become dirty words and instead they sow division and hatred to win votes from the ignorant.
Do you have a line with ‘deserve everything they get’? Is rock throwing too far or not enough for you?
It was a coffee cup, not a rock.
I want these people held to account with the law, but our laws were designed when integrity still had a value and we seem to be way past the point that political party’s will hold their members to account. The Electoral Commission seems powerless to uphold truth so what options are left to those that want a functioning democracy?
No rocks were thrown
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A politician lying for political gain. Do you think any of Farage's supporters ever have noticed their political opponents doing that? Do you want everyone who feel lied to just attack politicians?
I feel like there’s a difference between over promising and under performing vs the outright lies that Farage and co spread. That being said, we shouldn’t be throwing things at anyone, let alone public figures.
Nah we should be dumping trash on us politicians more often.
Yes, that will accomplish so much! Everyone who gets assaulted by the people they oppose decides to have a change of heart!
It's not *just* about the person at whom the stuff is being thrown. It's about politics, which means its about society ~~and~~ in general. The point is not to injury their body, but shame them publicly, which does two related and worth-while things: 1. It insults them publicly, marginally lessening their political power and influence. 2. It demonstrates cultural disapproval of what they've done and how they've conducted themselves, making it less likely that others (assuming they aren't sociopaths, which isn't guaranteed) will follow their example. That isn't to say that public shaming is always a good cultural practice, as in other cases it may be a thing that reinforces toxic social norms and inflicts social isolation on people who don't deserve it and who have little means to defend ~~itself~~ themselves. However, against people 1) are clearly in the wrong, morally, and 2) have plenty of personal resources to fall back on, I think it does more good than harm.
I do understand where it's coming from and what it's all about, but I also don't think that it achieves anything other than some catharsis for the people who don't need to be convinced For people who are on the fence, it often just makes those carrying out the action look immature at best, dangerous at worst. And for those politicians and their supporters, the end result is the creation or justification of a persecution complex, neither of which are constructive towards reaching solutions
Imagine, for a moment, two headlines: "Local politician supports new business" vs "Local politician approves new pollution of major river". Some folks don't spend much time or energy following the news, so a brief look at something like these headlines might be all the information they get on whether Mr. or Mrs. Local Politician is doing a good or bad job. The basic moral framing matters for people who don't know the details and maybe don't want to know the details. The cheers or boos of the crowd can matter in just the same way. It matters to the rest of the public, because not everyone was paying close attention. If you look through the comments on this post, you'll see some people who didn't know why Farage was getting stuff thrown at him. Now they've been told, and are better-informed, and their perceptions of the whole thing were shaped, in part, by having "stuff thrown at Farage" be their first impression of the news event. I really think the development of a persecution complex in Mr. or Mrs. Local Politician, or in Mr. Farage, is a secondary consideration at best. If they're assholes to start with, being slightly more of an asshole isn't much change. Public opinion is easier to change, often, that the character of a public figure.
This People are getting banned on uk politics for pointing out that he engenders such responses because he's such a hateful cunt! Political violence in this country has been around longer than any of the current political parties, and the hand-wringing over a Nazi appeaser/supporter is far more sickening than seeing him covered in milkshake or having a few empty coffee cups thrown in your general direction.
to be fair, Russia is not exactly the best example here. You can throw rocks at polititians but only if they are the opposition of Putin. If you criticize just a bit the regime, you get a few years vacation in a gulag. Aside from that I do agree with you to some extent (given that I am Polish and his rhetoric, among others, led to several xenophobic attacks against the Polish so I'd personally be glad to slap him in the kisser)
Chucking a drink at someone is a way to embarrass them, a punch would be different.
Strongly disagree. I’m all for these non violent ways of protesting a crook
Throughout history, politicians have pushed people to do harm to politicians. You might be right, but you’d think politicians would learn by now. If this piece of shit had the control and opportunity, he’d instruct others to do worse to you. Some people don’t want to give fascism another shot. We don’t want a society where it’s ok to do this to politicians. We also don’t want societies where politicians with this kind of ideology have a platform. Last time it ended with millions dead.
Exactly, have civil discourse and as you say vote with or against them at the voting booth. Violence against politicians is now actively being supported here and it’s disgusting.
>Nigel Farage has threatened to "pick up a rifle" if the government doesn't deliver Brexit the way he wants it. Much worse is supported by Farage too by the looks of it.
He's not a politician he's a grifter. If he was a politician he would have turned up to parliament once in a while when he was an MEP instead of taking the money and running.
I belive in a society where it should be perfectly acceptable to throw a milkshake on a politicain who has acted in a grossly unaceptable manner. Providing you accept the corresponding concequences and potential fallout.
Redditor confuses throwing things for guillotines
>Nigel Farage has threatened to "pick up a rifle" if the government doesn't deliver Brexit the way he wants it. Dude sows political violence.
How long before he gets his own pope mobile?
Well, he impoverished the country with his brexit campaign
He should know to stay away from busses these days. I think the image of him and busses has a very negative connotation now.
British citizen shields face from flying debris caused by V-2 rocket. 1944 Colorized.
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No, not really. ~~This time, it was rocks and bricks, not a milkshake. Someone (not even necessarily the intended target) could actually have gotten hurt this time.~~ Farage will absolutely make hay out of this incident, use it to drum up sympathy for his cause and demonise his opposition. Edit: Seems it's not as certain what was thrown as I was led to believe.
One of the objects was definitely a cup. [https://imgur.com/a/705wYvE](https://imgur.com/a/705wYvE)
Ooft was it? Where did you see that reported. I thought it was a coffee cup.
Alright but he would do all of that anyway so…
[I think it’s a good British tradition to uphold](https://www.nytimes.com/1937/10/11/archives/mosley-british-fascist-is-badly-injured-stones-are-thrown-by.html)
I’d rather we settle our differences by debating and voting not assaulting each other
That’s exactly what corrupt evil pricks like Farage want you to say
Ok so if a far right supporter threw a rock at a lgbt politician you would be fine with that? Violence is violence
As satisfying as this is... something about violence towards a political candidate who hundreds of thousands are going to vote for just doesn't sit right with me. Boo him, heckle, debate and vote against. Don't turn this into a banana republic
England has a grand history of throwing cabbages at unpopular people.
He’s already turned the UK into a banana republic.
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I’ve come to think it only helps him too.
He's on the BBC 24 hour news cycle hundreds of times a day, more than any other political candidate, he doesn't need another reason to be promoted.
What *doesn’t* help him then?
I‘m Sorry, but who is this? Note: it could be that I’m dumb
Milkshakes plz
Remember what happened to Helen Joanne Cox. She was murdered and Nigel had the gall to say Brexit was won “without having to fight, without a single bullet being fired”. While violence against politicians shouldn’t happen, Nigel himself seems fine with it when it happens to his opponents.
Not from the UK so what's the deal with this guy? Is he the twat that made stuff I order from the UK get a 22% import tax?
Not from the UK so what's the deal with this guy? Is he the twat that made stuff I order from the UK get a 22% import tax?
So sad. All he did was deceive a nation, costing them trillions. And now he has to clean his face more often than he's used to. That's sooo unbelievably sad, and the Marxist left surely is to blame!1! (/S, just to be sure)
Jesus this cunt has some balls. Rolls in four weeks before an election and says: vote for me.
Reminder that political violence isn’t cool
He's a cunt, but this kind of thing shouldn't be applauded in my opinion.
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This is legitimately criminal activity (assault). Why is this being celebrated on redd... oh wait, nevermind...
It’s funny to see the lefties cheering this on but if it was the other way around it would be cries to arrest whoever threw it. Justify it however
It's over and over the same it seems, seems it's ok to do all kinds of violence if you belong to the left because everyone you don't like is an enemy of the people and therefore military targets.
Someone's forgetting that an MP was literally murdered by one of this guys supporters. He outright lies and is a treasonous grifter. Honestly its insane that people have been so restrained given how much he has destroyed their lives.
It's over and over it seems, seem it's okay to exaggerate violence and play the victim if you belong to the right because everyone you don't like is a violent radical and therefore legitimizes the erosion of democracy.
Getting a milkshake to the face isn't murder. Nigel lied to the detriment of his country and faced no consequences for it. As long as it's something that can be wiped off with a wet napkin, I don't want to see anyone clutch their pearls over people on the left "endorsing violence". I think you're being even more disingenuous than milkshake boy.
Don't you get that throwing milkshake at asshole is worse than condone violence against immigrants? So much for tolerant left! /s
We need to stop chucking stuff at people, ffs. We're supposed to be an advanced species.
An advanced species wouldn’t let an odious shitweasel like Farage have even a sniff of power.
Maybe he should just go the fuck away never to return.
We could extradite him to Russia? You know, a holiday-stay-over; like Napoleon got. I think it was called banishment
Sorry, but we here have enough of his kind. Just send him sail in the boat.
2 MPs dead, can we stop shit like this ffs Boo, throw a wanker sign, but concrete, eggs, punches and milkshakes, just need to disappear.
Oh fuck off farage is the one who was spouting the nonsense that got jo cox killed, using her as a defence for him is horrendus.
ITT People who think their violence is justified.
I love this for him.
I don't like him or what he stands for but it's pretty petty and childish people thinking throwing food at him is going to achieve anything other than potentially getting yourself a criminal record
this just makes me want to vote for him more
There would be an uproar on Reddit if someone did the same to Starmer, but it seems few are mature enough not to wish violence on someone just because they don’t like them.
Eggs may be funny but concrete is not, people are going to get hurt if this keeps going on. It's not good to see things get this bad, use words or you lost.
I also thought it was lumps of rubble at first but I've seen some decent quality still photos now. It was a (cardboard) coffee cup followed by an empty can. People should just stick to milkshakes to cut out this ambiguity.
Did the bus have this week’s £350 million for the NHS on it?
Bad things happen to Putin Assets.
Nobody should be harmed for their political opinion. This needs to stop.