Is Farage About to Return to Politics? (and why it'll hurt Sunak)

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Farage bowed out of the political sphere after Brexit, but with the Tories looking vulnerable he's apparently eyeing up a return. So in this video we discuss if Farage could be returning to politics & how it could decimate the Conservatives
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[@Steviebond2]

If he does, he could very well cost the Tories another 50 seats.

[@BibtheBoulder]

Excellent news....

[@Hilariusgamer]

and he will get thanks to the system 1 or 2 seats lol

[@IAMMARTICUS1470]

Yes but by splitting Tory voters then other parties could win in many more seats. The system sucks but at least people are no longer willing to tactically vote tory "to keep labour out". Right wing voters have realised that the Tories aren't their friends.

[@SaintGerbilUK]

Did you watch the video, it would cost the Tories and Labour. Yes Tories more but it doesn't mean an instant Labour victory. Tbh I'd like a non-blairite right wing party.

[@TheAmericanPrometheus]

Wouldn't it be hilarious if Farage left his own previous two parties in dust, just to join the Conservatives and take it over from the inside a la Trump?

[@lonelychameleon3595]

Average British citizen: "How could things possibly get worse?" Nigel Farage: "Lovely day innit?"

[@HShango]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 spot on

[@kylekonop4801]

"Hold my room-temperature beer."

[@mitch8072]

or he beats Lis Trust record of 45 days

[@yllbardh]

"Lovely day innit?" heh, heh, heh...

[@hendrx]

@@mitch8072 He won't, Farage wouldn't be able to handle the potential humiliation if he steps down, he has a massive ego

[@SRFriso94]

Farage vs. the Tories - all I can hear in my head is Ken Watanabe: "Let them fight."

[@Yorick257]

But what if they decide to join forces?

[@celtic69]

A far right leader pushing the tories even further right is bad actually

[@dw7647]

except if Farage wins then expect more right wing populism. Be careful what you wish for

[@peterpain6625]

@@dw7647 I wonder if he'll end like Speer or Goebbels though. Probably Speer as he's slithered out of almost everything he fudged up until now ... But a 20 y sentence would give the world a little breather first ;)

[@helmutschmidt50]

All I can hear is "big chungus sends his regards"

[@Kj16V]

I'm cool with Farage running. He'll do untold damage to the Tories, and I'm here for it.

[@randomlygeneratedname7171]

Farage has no solutions. He talks big then disappears out of nowhere when people want him to lead.

[@TheAmericanPrometheus]

Last time he only ran candidates in red wall seats, he might do something similar again

[@donaldellis3609]

Look before you leap into farages back pockets 🤨

[@SaintGerbilUK]

And damage to Labour if you actually watch the video.

[@mrcuddlebuns1000]

As a Tory I’m also here for it

[@whocares427]

You could call the new podcast the Farage Barrage

[@jonathanodude6660]

he wont win lol

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

@@jonathanodude6660 Win what? The election? What am I missing from your comment? The original comment is about a phone call. How do you win a phone call?

[@kth6736]

He literally has a section of GB news called "barrage the farage"

[@billpg]

Actual responsibility is the last thing Farage wants. He's happiest complaining about others so long as he doesn't have to actually do anything about it.

[@Stevieboy130664]

Bingo!

[@juice6521]

Time to make another single issue party and then duck when shit goes south.

[@DoctorBastard]

On the head of the nail.

[@moenchii]

Typical right wing populist shit. Same here in Germany with the AfD.

[@Stevieboy130664]

@@juice6521 cos there's money and fame in it.

[@Jonny_Karate]

Literally imagine Farage trying to score a trade deal...

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Oh, he probably doesn't believe that "foreigners" have things like currency and trade. That's only for people who say England with three syllables.

[@bikerslow2598]

He would just sign it just like Truss!

[@thespanishinquisition4078]

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer How do you even do that? Genuine question, I'm not a native speaker but no matter how hard I try the best I can come up with is really exagerating that G

[@Jonny_Karate]

@@thespanishinquisition4078 IN-GER-LUND. Hard G btw.. like if you were saying the word Growl

[@Jonny_Karate]

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer Not so much that. More that he's rude, uncompromising and Europeans don't really like him and probably think he's stupid... He wouldn't be able to do it.

[@Witnessmoo]

You underestimate how popular Farage is with working class Labour voters… he would damage both parties, but it’s unclear which of them we would destroy. It’s very very possible he could hurt Labour just as much.

[@alexpotts6520]

I wouldn't call them "working-class Labour voters" exactly, but maybe the sort of voter who went Labour in 2015 and had switched to the Tories by 2019, he might have appeal there, and those voters right now are technically in the Labour column... Still, though, I think he hurts the Tories more than he helps them. I also think it's kind of a moot point because the Tories are boned anyway.

[@MrGaming-kr2gg]

@DoubtingThomas the working class are obviously very pro-Brexit and pro-Farage. The majority of them voted Brexit, voted Brexit Party in the 2019 EU election, and voted Tory in the last general election.

[@shanjanusman9974]

@@doubtingthomas136 Working Class Britain 🇬🇧 isn't interested in climate crisis nonsense and wokeness. You haven't got a clue. I hate this nonsense of masks 😷 and climate change reparations and terms like The Global South. I don't give a toss.

[@philipfreyaborn8288]

@DoubtingThomas what the 'reactionary' working class who don't want their country stolen and their kids groomed by 'diverse' gangs of purrvvs

[@georgewhite6496]

Traditionally he steals votes from both but it's the Tories that will suffer the most next time. That's because he will mostly target the Tories to punish them but also because the many of the seats the Tories won last time were once Labour red wall seats. Standing in these seats will mean the Tories lose them all. Even if he doesn't stand the Tories will lose most. The Tories are screwed and it's all self inflicted. People won't flock to Labour, they will either vote Reform or simply stop voting altogether.

[@Doso777]

Another season of "Angry man shouts at the sea".

[@mrb435]

I'm old enough to remember Farage failing to be elected as an MP 7 times. Once losing out to a dolphin.

[@michaelathanasiou2030]

All farage ( the IDIOT ) will do, is drive benefit scroungers to vote for Labour who WILL rejoin with the EU and flood the UK even more scroungers

[@HShango]

Farage doesn't need to be an MP to cause mayhem, all he has to do is enter the political mess and Tories will sh!t bricks in their underwear

[@davidrichardson5482]

Corrupt isn't it

[@CulturedThugPoster]

The Tories killed the Tories. They are just Blairites now, not a single 'conservative' among them. Raise taxes, increase immigration and enlarge government control and spending, does that sound like a Conservative party to anyone !?!

[@mrb435]

@@HShango very true. One of the only reasons the brexit vote happened was the Tories losing ground to UKIP.

[@bikerslow2598]

Farage should do a tour of all the main fishing town and tell them how great Brexit has turned out to be.

[@Letsgo-sg4cy]

He will be beaten up there.

[@Calum_S]

They'd lap it up. The general opinion I've seen in comments sections is that Brexit is still being thwarted by the "Establishment".

[@yully89]

We will literally fillet him

[@IAMMARTICUS1470]

@@Calum_S absolutely agreed. And it's true. This is a very easy win for Farage: "you voted Brexit and look how they fucked it up just to spite you"

[@juice6521]

Fishing tow a? Just go to any industry, it's been bad across the board.

[@generalpeeps]

I imagine his plan (if he has one) will revolve around waiting for Conservative polling to get bad to the point that MPs start sweating about their job security. At this point he'll campaign heavily to position himself as the true right wing opposition before turning the screws on those conservative MPs to defect in desperation. This is then used as further evidence he is becoming the credible 'opposition in waiting' hoping that if he just pips enough seats to beat out the Conservatives he can place himself as the real right wing opposition and focus on getting his party in for 2029. Although he will have most likely heavily cashed out before that point knowing farage.

[@IAMMARTICUS1470]

Yes, his plan will be to try and become the main right wing party in Britain. As it is for all third parties that lean right. But, I doubt he will cash out, given how long he pursued Brexit. He has shown himself to be at least somewhat driven politically.

[@scpatl4now]

His plan will be to promise wonderful outcomes to policies that have already proven to be disastrous. In other words...he will continue to lie and swear to it.

[@glazierblue573]

If only farage hadn't spent his early time in the public eye sucking up to trump just to try and keep in spot light longer to earn another buk! I would maybe, possibly have just about a millimeter of respect for him. Not to be, because like all the rest of the MP's, he is like cheap car sales man just looking for another way to sell his next con. What's worse, 'if' he is looking like a credible option... we really are in trouble... what have we been reduced too? 😱😭

[@gsismaet5385]

That is a thought. If the only political parties we have are vying to be the more right wing than each other, what choices do we have?

[@IAMMARTICUS1470]

@@gsismaet5385 what parties are vying to be more right wing than eachother?

[@perro0076]

I thought he had been strung up by the fisheries people by now!!! 😁

[@reddragon3163]

Fishing communities have no balls. They protested by driving round Westminster for a few hours. No one even remembers it.

[@miken3963]

They'll probably vote for him if he returns

[@tx5190]

He's staying away from the coast. Don't hear of him going down to the Kent and Sussex shorelines shouting at the sea any more.

[@castielkahnwald5314]

Also when he says steepest decline in living standards since records began. When did records begin? Like are we actually saying worse than WW2?

[@williamhenry8914]

Ah they did say it in another video, I think it was 1956

[@petermizon4344]

Also THE LABOUR PARTY STARTED THE NHS IN 1948 WHICH CHURCHILL SAID WOULD BE TO EXPENSIVE TO DO AND NEVER HAVE THEY ADDED MONEY ALWAYS TAKE AWAY, AND THEN WE OWED YANKS BILLIONS AND WE ARE NOW WORSE OFF THAN BACK THEN

[@alexpotts6520]

It's not "lowest living standards". It's "steepest decline in living standards". As stated it's entirely accurate.

[@kian-rhysevans5576]

@@alexpotts6520 Even with that caveat , the original comment is still valid, if it included World War 2, that is most likely a steeper drop in living standards as well as lower overall living standards. Thankfully someone mentioned it was from 1956 so after the war.

[@whocares427]

Rationing and emergency imports/lend lease kept most people afloat during the war. Some people even experienced higher living standards, like urban poor children transferred to rural estates. It was mostly after the war when the cumulative exhaustion of two world wars caught up with everyone that things got pretty bad.

[@mikeontheradio248]

Great video but i noticed a edit mistake. At 4:40 you guys made a edit mistake showing to be more then (>)200 seats and more then 100 seats instead of less (

[@Psepha]

Oh gods, just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, bloody Farage pops up again

[@thewingedhussar4188]

Its not Farage that is the ultimate reason for the Conservatives having a bad time. Ultimately it was Brexit that did this to the conservatives. Whether they admit it or not, and now its a question of how far will the UK drop from here.

[@geowallace9758]

Silly Billy

[@HShango]

@@Gary-bz1rf 🤣🤣🤣🤣 which never works as you may think. Tories will fall for the far-right and then they'll try and capture that energy to then just fail in the end. Reform party will just eat up some Tory voters but not enough to govern.

[@azeria1]

Blame all the normal party’s for falling to improve the country at all in the past 20 years

[@HShango]

@@thewingedhussar4188 we will drop even further, the full blown damage hasn't healed yet. It's still raw.

[@Bingiisyaboi29]

One thing I will never understand about politicians is that they can criticise their opponents but will never add any solutions to aid to their criticisms. But when they do and they’re criticised they don’t want to hear it out

[@HShango]

That's called politics mate, no one understands it, until they're in that world themselves 😶

[@kimandre336]

Liberal democracy (with free elections) is the problem. Honestly, this is why authoritarianism is becoming more popular among average people.

[@OrionTails]

@@kimandre336 as if authoritians would actually listen once they get power. Edit: changed got>get

[@shanjanusman9974]

@@kimandre336 So true

[@Hadihadi-wr8mt]

Because some believe that " you can criticize as much as you want, but not necessarily need to give solution, because it's not their job"

[@scotandiamapping4549]

I was actually thinking about this yesterday

[@AspieGamer13]

Wait. Did I see that right? Are y’all using the greater than symbol when describing less than? > is greater < is less

[@duolingo0552]

The unwanted sequel to an unwanted sequel

[@davidrichardson5482]

Odd how he got the largest vote in British history 🤔

[@Spirit451]

Nah, not for the rest of the world! Best shitshow ever!

[@davidrichardson5482]

@@jdms2830 and still won the biggest vote in British history 😘

[@nikolaymorgun3204]

Big Chungus Lore?

[@kid_pigeon]

True true

[@mexicanopdb8452]

Yes, indeed

[@tuckwatsellers]

Doing a pretty good job themselves.

[@LK-lw1kz]

New to this channel. You have a wonderful voice.

[@yror732]

"Anti-lockdown party" can have so many different definitions 🤣

[@DS9TREK]

Pro freedom and liberty

[@Stroke999]

​@@DS9TREK You must be some sort of masochist.

[@DS9TREK]

@@Stroke999 🤔

[@JoinTheTemple]

Whatever you might think of Farage, if he does return, it might well cause something that desperately needs to happen - the destruction of the Tory party in it's current form. We need to be rid of this "socialist lite" party, that the Tories now are, and actually get back a proper conservative party.

[@molly8812]

WELL SAID!

[@wofutokerati]

I know a few socialists, not many that would rather see vulnerable people die in their own homes than claw a few crumbs off the tables of billionaire dividend recipients. Maybe I don’t know that many people?

[@JoinTheTemple]

@@wofutokerati - I don't really know how to respond to that. What has that got to do with the destruction of the Tory party in its current state (which is needed).

[@EvarDion]

The definition of insanity is repeating the same policies over and over again and expecting a different outcome...

[@JAKE-ng8yr]

12,5% of the vote and only 1 seat out of 650. Jesus christ how bad is it in UK. Terrible

[@ewandmunro]

In 2011 we had a referendum about the voting system for UK general elections. The electorate decided to stick with FPTP. Personally i thought that was a big mistake, but i can't bleat cos i wrote "F*** Westminster rule" on my ballot.

[@75echo]

🤣 Banana Republic Britain ..never fails to disappoint

[@Jenkowelten]

Banana monarchy

[@user-kk4zw5jo4t]

Nice video. However, ">" is the "greater than" symbol as you've used it here, you were looking for "< 200" for less than two hundred.

[@professorjamesmoriarty5191]

I think you underestimate just who he could take votes from, there is a big chunk of Labour voters who are fed up with the party but who wont vote conservative. Be careful what you wish for.

[@alyndavies]

Thats my view as well, the Tories won the last election outright because the Brexit party run in Labour areas and cut the votes aginst Remain MP's. The Brexit Party did not run in Tory held areas, or areas with Leave leaning Labour MP's. People have short memories.

[@Turnil321]

I think a Farage party would be good for the UK because it will lead to the end of the conservative party.

[@HShango]

That's the end goal, oblivion (total decimation of conservatives and their nonsense one nation crap).

[@jake751]

More like the end of the world.

[@Qatari2007]

@@jake751 haha…..ha

[@alexpotts6520]

This is playing with fire. The Labour Party are already going to win the next election handily. We do not need to get Farage involved.

[@danieldato6213]

@@jake751 no, just Britain

[@bracco23]

Considering there is a history of Farage following TLDR, Jack giving advice on what to focus on can only be seen as an endorsement. Will jack make the jump and try to win a seat for Farage? (/s)

[@ems4884]

Put down the crack pipe. You've had too much.

[@sterlingarcher4989]

It would literally be the only useful thing he’s ever done.

[@ic215]

It's hard for getting rid of the n***** rapist and murderers

[@uHnodnarB]

Small error, but in the part about how many seats the Tories could win, the infographics show greater than 200 seats and greater than 100 seats instead if less than for both (> instead of

[@philparry519]

Let's hope so.

[@ForelliBoy]

with labour literally running on just "we're not the tories" it wouldn't surprise me to see Reform become a kingmaker

[@Cam-mo7gq]

Nah! They won't get any seats for starters, plus to be a king maker you have to be seated in the middle. Regardless, Labour will will outright.

[@mallardofmodernia8092]

@Anfield Road labour claim to back a lot of things but do they?

[@mallardofmodernia8092]

@Anfield Road its very relevant. If people dont have trust in the party it does not matter what they say in the manifesto as past labour election performances have shown. Proposals are worthless without real weight behind them as the tories have shown the past few decades and labour seem to be copying them.

[@mallardofmodernia8092]

@Anfield Road the fact that you cant see how trust is important to how good a manifesto is or how it is of "substance" is why we're in this mess with the tories in the first place. "Whether they implement it or not is another thing" not to the voter as the feasibility and believability of the manifesto given the nation's current situation and past broken or kept promises in past manifestos is what affects future manifestos greatly. Labour could back the perfect policies that will not fail to make the uk the best country on earth but whats the point if people think theyre lying?

[@matteosalsedo8316]

really doesn't have any shame Farage, does he

[@MegaShrooom]

what's your problem with him

[@matteosalsedo8316]

@@MegaShrooom Dragging the UK in one of its worst economic crises of recent times for his absurd ideas of Ukip. Is that enough?

[@MegaShrooom]

@@matteosalsedo8316 your opinion

[@davidcameron8163]

Nigel don't you know you should never return to the scene of a crime. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@iffy_too4289]

'utterly rooted' a very appropriate bit of Aussie slang appropriated there.

[@michaelwilliams3232]

Sir Les would be proud...

[@ljt3084]

The most tragic plane crash in history was the one Farage survived.. Ba boom ta.

[@drantoniojohn8168]

The wisest thing that be on everyone’s mind currently is investing in different streams of income that doesn’t depend on the govt. especially with the current economic crisis around the world. This is still a good time to invest in Gold, silver and digital currencies(BTC,ETH….)

[@kylepeter3370]

How can I get in touch with her I’m in need of her assistance

[@engelstody7171]

[@engelstody7171]

That’s her Whatsappinfo chat her up she’s mostly active there

[@engelstody7171]

She’s earned my trust since last year October when I hit my 140k YTD monthly trading profit target.

[@Charlotte-zi1fd]

Anything that'll remove votes from the Tories is good in my books.

[@alexpotts6520]

So is Russia nuking the UK and killing the entire country good?

[@sawtooth808]

It would be the equivalent of replacing Arsenic with Cyanide

[@tzvi7989]

yeah... what an amazing reason to vote for an extremist......

[@sawtooth808]

@@tzvi7989 ikr 🤦‍♂️

[@tzvi7989]

@@sawtooth808 defo a Russian troll in the comments

[@KamiInValhalla]

I'm just looking forward to the BJ review on if he lied to parliament and will be suspended

[@rajarshisarkar999]

I'm getting ready for the next British P.M. soon enough.

[@Carl_093]

well if sunak survive the 2 months he can make it till nxt election nigel very interesting on his return to politiccs

[@blokin5039]

You silly goose

[@cletusdsouza1]

Why 2 months specifically?

[@bbbf09]

Part of me wants Fragae to succeed in getting some (short term) crack at government - if only to his meaningless unicorn dreams (and those of his followers) hit the wall of reality. To see him become increasingly very unpopular - as a populist - as his much vaunted promises rapidly evaporate - along with all hope among his devotees ----would be heartening to see.

[@alexpotts6520]

It doesn't work like that though. When it doesn't work, people don't abandon their beliefs, they just push the betrayal narrative.

[@Sentient_Blob]

I don’t think anything he does will reduce his popularity. If people still wanna vote for him now, then they’ll vote for him through anything

[@hugoboss917]

@@Sentient_Blob once he becomes PM he will demonstrate how deluded selfish and foolish he is. Uk needs EU more than EU needs the Uk.

[@harrymacleod2583]

I'm with you, and when his policy's work and he makes gains in the polls even more, I'll laugh.

[@lordgio9]

You seem to think members of the far right will come to a logical conclusion that their ideas won't work and then abandon them. If 2016-2020 of far-right control in America showed anything, it is that members of the far right simply double/triple/quadruple down on their terrible ideas. To do otherwise would be admitting they were wrong, which they would rather die than do, just look at how many covid deniers ended up dying from covid. It's better never to give these fools a chance at power, lest they grow ever more delusional.

[@CableB_]

Nigel Farage: Happy Birthday Hugh Jaynus

[@shanjanusman9974]

I doubt it

[@samukis272]

I don't see the need for an "anti-lockdown party" in 2021 - plenty of those in No. 10. during the Premiership of the Sentient Ham known as Boris Johnson.

[@hendrx]

I hope Farage returns to politics, he's been all talk no action post brexit

[@dallysinghson5569]

At this point all talk is preferable to action XD

[@idontwanttopickone]

He won't last. Everyone knows he is a Putin bot now and we have all seen the damage that Brexit has done.

[@hendrx]

@@dallysinghson5569 at this point he has criticized every single MP, it's for him to show he can do it better at this point, if Brexit is as great as he claims it is.

[@amg66]

One of the things I love about this channel is that it's the only place that ever hear words like nous.

[@iwasborn8470]

Go to literally any French channel.

[@grassytramtracks]

How about any French channel or France?

[@pennylanerocker9486]

The country needs Nigel, very very much. I would vote for him without a shadow of a doubt.

[@CrispyCustardCreams]

Best thumbnail ever XD

[@jonathantatler]

I can't believe I actually want Farage back, did I say that out loud?

[@proy3]

This is a great reminder that my country, the United States, doesn't have a monopoly on atrocious leaders. It's both comforting and depressing.

[@theuglykwan]

Your politicians/parties plus our system would be the ultimate nightmare since all our power is concentrated into the lower chamber. There are almost no checks and balances. We still operate on conventions.

[@BradTheThird]

Yes. The are other countries outside America. Great observation.

[@MegaShrooom]

Farage is great

[@tomparkie866]

9:41 at one specific frame, it has a black background with text saying "[Visuals to be tailored to the specific video]" 🤣

[@kevinjenkins2468]

i hope so

[@twilliamspro]

Would love farage to come back we need a viable 3rd party. I dont want to back either of the tories or labour. Like him or not he's charismatic

[@bereal6590]

Charismatic to wot? Skunks?

[@RunOfTheHind]

You're EXACTLY the kind of sucker he's looking for.

[@theuglykwan]

Under our system there is no viable 3rd party unless they have regional support that is high enough to outright win a seat, coming second gets u no seats.

[@spacetime3]

It's a reflection of the long-running divide in the tories, Farage will definitely hurt the Tories. I actually think Farage will be surprised by how disillusioned the public is with his messaging now after the real outcomes of Brexit. He's clearly sensing the change in the public, incoming more grand speeches and waffle about how he cares for the public and brexit being done correctly like there is some magical upside that can be reached if people follow him.

[@IAMMARTICUS1470]

You say this like it's ridiculous, but this message clearly resonates with the public, at least with Brexit supporters. Brexit was at its core a populist movement, popular with the public and unpopular with the political class. When that same political class was told to enact Brexit, they kicked and screamed and dragged their heels and fucked it up. Of course people will look to other politicians who actually support the policies they are enacting.

[@0w784g]

Can spot a remainer whinger a mile off can't ya.

[@gleeart]

Brexit was also descibed as a chance to kick an a### that was rarely raised/vulnerable. Voters will def. be in that mood coming up, so get yer Doc Martins on.

[@PrezidentHughes]

O Lord 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@BloodEredar]

Cool vid. Just one thing. Please look up the pronunciation for 'rout'.

[@bongsound]

"Right wing"

[@OneReportersOpinion]

Release the dolphin.

[@davidty2006]

go fetch one from northumberland.

[@titanuranus3095]

2:56 What is a "nelse"?

[@EmperorTikacuti]

Nigel Farage will return back into politics back into The Conservative Party He worked before

[@petermizon4344]

BET HE DOESNT GO ANYWHERE NEAR THE FISHING COMMUNITIES, THAT POLICY DIDN'T GO WELL DID IT HAHAHA

[@estraume]

Sunak inherited a mess from previous prime ministers and he needs time to get the economy of the UK in order again. Farage is probably closer to Liz Truss in his approach to the economy and we all know how that went. However, it would probably be wise of Sunak to not talk too much about closer relationship with EU right now.

[@alexpotts6520]

Not sure Farage is really comparable to Liz Truss (who lest we forget was once a Lib Dem!) They are both mad and dangerous, but for different reasons.

[@balsdsa]

Liz Truss approach wasnt that bad but the timing really sucked. You do not decrease taxes and stimulate the economy while inflation is running hot. She should've waited for things too cool down and then slowly unfold her plan. I would also add that getting in debt on top of lowering taxes just shows how incompetent her team was... Other than that the plan was ok

[@balsdsa]

We need lower taxes especially at the higher income levels. We are losing the brightest minds to go to US (for 2x salary and 10% lower taxes) and we get the low skill immigrants from India in return... That is also part of the reason the Autumn budget squeezed the people earning around 60k/y more than the people earning 120k/y... Better to get some of their taxes than None if they leave...

[@catmonarchist8920]

That having fiscal and monetary policy acting against eachother was ever allowed to happen is baffling.

[@balsdsa]

@@catmonarchist8920 At least it showed that UK Central Bank is still an independent institution...

[@yzScott]

@4:40 Those are "greater than" signs.

[@davidjames2083]

You don't pronounce "utterly routed" as "utterly rooted". Just as rooting has nothing to do with a router.

[@MeidoInHebun]

Somehow, Farage returned.

[@tx5190]

Like a floating turd.

[@olivermcgarry5545]

No further exposition necessary.

[@sambrookes4497]

You used the greater than symbol when you said less than.

[@superuberviewer]

9:41 I would like to say I see what you did there, but you showed it too fast 😂

[@bengoacher4455]

As some Tory backbenchers said recently. The conservatives are winning votes from nurses and labourers in the north because on a nurses salary in Hull you can afford to buy a house, albeit a modest house. The conservatives have lost the votes from company directors and high earners in London, because even £100k a year isn't enough to buy a house in London. Affordable housing is the most important thing in society. When housing is un-affordable, people can't settle down. People aren't willing to commit. They don't comitt to jobs, to relationships, to anything. Because they don't have security in their living accommodation. This means people are having less children, later in their life, resulting in an aging population and lack of future workforce. For example, in my last house share, it wasn't a bunch of students or graduates just starting out. It was full of middling 20s professionals who a generation ago would have found partners, moved into a house or flat they owned, and be starting families for themselves. But in the current housing crisis in London, all they can manage (despite being degree educated professionals) is sharing a flat with other professionals in a HMO.

[@theuglykwan]

That's depressing. In Hong Kong it has long been worse. People must start their family in their childhood bedroom. Problem is sometimes that was a bunk bed in the living room. Waiting for public housing meant they might no longer be able to have a kid by the time they get a unit.

[@gamewithadam7235]

What did Farage think about Truss tax cuts?

[@johnshield1840]

Nice nod to the Australian crowd with your pronunciation of "utterly routed"

[@iriswoodhead6132]

I hope so, I would like to see Nigel as PM 👍

[@viktor1496]

Farage is a parasite that only returns when opportunity is there. He comfortably sat in the EU parliament, not contributing and guzzling up money. Then brexit came and he refused to stick around. "job done"......my ass He's a nationalist and loves being the opposition, but sods off as soon as he smells responsibility or actual work to make the country better. He didn't do his duty after the brexit vote, and he sure as hell won't do now. If the stay camp had won, he would have never quit and would still be enjoying EU parliament funds while doing jack all.

[@repairupdaterepeat5815]

Ah farage,. The hero they deserve

[@epicrabid1857]

That's a little far even in name rhey are still human

[@samfarrow348]

😂

[@jacquesmostert3942]

I moved up one knot up the pay scale today (I’m a teacher). With the holidays in mind, on Black Friday and back pay to September, I set my alarm for 4am. Wow! … wow ??? Wait what? Yes I now (with back pay) earn £65 less than last month…

[@alltheas8376]

Fewer not less.

[@davidtdkek5056]

Farage would take voters away from most probably both Labor and the tories, but with Labors lead it would surely hurt the tories more, So, would Farange’s campaign basically just help Labor out more then it would help his own party out. This would be interesting because Farange is closer to the tories then he is to Labor political.

[@theuglykwan]

I don't Farage envisions winning a working majority or anywhere close. He just wants to show he can wreck the Tories so they are at his mercy going forward. If he can replicate what the Canadian Reform party did in the 90s then he can force a merger too. He wins by virtue of moving the needle on policy.

[@dlilwon]

I don’t think Farage will do any better than the lot we have now.

[@theuglykwan]

He won't but he can split the vote on the right so they get decimated.

[@mallardofmodernia8092]

Farage could go to a pub, get drunk while getting milkshaked and throw darts at a policy dartboard and do a better job. Hell any of the actual joke constituency candidates like count binface could do better by unironically following his policies.

[@yllbardh]

Soo Fartage got back from Florida, does he have an orange ring around his mouth?

[@hayleydoherty9557]

Boris only got the vote because of brevity. Forage needs to head reform and they need to be the party that leads the country

[@robertsandiford6223]

4:34 should be 200 5:48 this routed (beaten and made to run away) is pronounced rowted (like the Americans say route)

[@BloodEredar]

Thank you Robert. Thought no one else noticed the mispronunciation of 'rout'. I actually didn't notice the '

[@antr7493]

I loved watching him making everyone crazy at EU parliament. Would awesome seeing him against the opposition

[@waynebimmel6784]

This is such a funny show. Roll the Benny Hill Theme.

[@EnordAreven]

IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, the far left and the far right grow. It'll be good to see more people move to the left and see more support, not only for unions and community projects, but also more people genuinely looking at our systems of government and realising the need for change. Sadly the same is true for the far right, and they'll use the hard times of today as fuel, and fan the flames of bigotry, blaming others for the flaws of this country's politics and our conditions as a whole rather than tackling the systemic inequality we've been stuck in as the Tories and the Blairites get the rich richer and the poor poorer. In difficult times we need to come together, the left build communities to ease the burden and point their anger at the system that tries to use them; the right gather followers to rage against whatever scapegoats they can target their fury towards.

[@GetUnrealistic]

I would like to see a video on UK supreme court's decision on Scotland indolence referendum

[@theuglykwan]

I think they covered it already.

[@stuartgrier5605]

If farage does run, it will be hillarious.

[@thepepper191]

Another clown for this tragic circus

[@peterpain6625]

The grifter's gonna grift ... "surprise".

[@NatSocCosby]

UK might as well give Farage a chance, considering that Sunak, Truss and Johnson have clearly ruined UK so far by stalling Brexit being fully realized.

[@tonyholmes962]

Yes please do it Nigel who's laughing now rich boy

[@nickurban6201]

god please no

[@Darcy_Winterthorn]

TLDR of TLDR today: no, because murder is still illegal.

[@addymant]

0:58 There's actually two. UKIP still exists, and holds more seats in local government than Reform

[@El-Mac795]

Hope he does. This country needs sorting out. Its shocking atm. 🤦‍♂️

[@cgt3704]

Farage as PM !? Oh dear Edit: Also nicknaming Farage as "Mr Brexit" reminds me of that game called "Failman: the man who fails" cause thats how i imagine his goverment will be

[@anxofernandez3344]

We're living in a very interesting time politically. The landscape of British politics could change completely in the next 10-15 years. Say Farage and or Reform UK take a chunk that big of conservative votes. That might be good for Labour, they would definitely appear like the best option for both centrists and progressives in England and Wales but at the same time Scottish and Irish nationalists could grow significantly as well. France, Italy, Germany and Spain have changed a lot already and Britain could be next. Historians in 2,100 will have a lot of fun researching the first quarter of the current century.

[@theuglykwan]

SNP currently have 48 out of 59 seats in Scotland. They could take Labour's single scottish seat. Tory also have 6 seats. They likely won't get the 4 Lib Dem seats. In 2017, SNP got 54 seats. They are about at their limit. They have a ceiling of 55 unless they stand and win outside Scotland.

[@philipdutton785]

yes, separate those right wing extremists off into their own little Farage lala land.

[@kingbread5808]

Farage actually has lot of working class labour supporters so it could slightly damage labour

[@philipdutton785]

@@kingbread5808 I think you will find that was just for brexit.

[@KingKadem]

Still can’t believe that people would support Farage, who first got the Brexit going, only to step down the very next day. Maybe I’m just too European for that, though…

[@SirWhig-esq.]

🎉Split the tories❤ Split the tories❤🎉 [Labour can be more than the official opposition]

[@madspacepig]

There's nothing I want more than for the Tories to die off, but there's nothing I want less than for Farage to make a return to the scene, what a dilemma.

[@DaWrecka]

If Farage returning hurts the Tories as much as is predicted, I think I can tolerate some "old man yells at sea" antics from Mr Farage Garage.