Nigel Farage 'isn't far off' being Tommy Robinson, says ex-Tory Party Chairman | LBC

[@cameroncopus9737]

I think Chris Patten is in the wrong party he should be in the Liberal Democrats

[@martydav9475]

No, Patten has always been a One Nation Tory but the crazy right-wing of the Tory Party took control of the Party and ousted the sensible ones like Patten.

[@robertcottam8824]

Well ‘thought’. Have a biscuit and a dollop o’ condescension.

[@robertcarroll9409]

The Tories are in meltdown, they are finally paying attention, just like with UKIP they woke up too late.

[@keithapps]

Farage sold out UKIP, but then he always has betrayed people and will betray Reform, no Farage no Reform.

[@degaulle30]

I can count the amount of BNP, UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform MPs in history on 2 hands, with fingers to spare.

[@robertcarroll9409]

@ Well-done. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@thomashobbs1498]

He is a product of poor governance and particularly poor immigration policy

[@brianferguson7840]

"Product" You're welcome.

[@kevinsimpson-dw6vu]

@@brianferguson7840 Brain's easily triggered lol.

[@EloiseB2025]

Except he's not. He's a product of what happens when you have the right pr connections.

[@skunclep1938]

Are you complaining about the very immigration policy that prevented this individual from migrating to the UK? Or do the facts not matter as long as you can blame immigrants? Your comment is dumb on so many levels.

[@thomashobbs1498]

@@skunclep1938 huh?

[@EloiseB2025]

Ironic from the tories who'd partner with re3orm in a flash if it meant they got to worm their way back in.

[@michaelmather8694]

I think it’s coming. The Tory Reform Party has a nice (sic) ring to it I think.

[@Flippant-j5d]

I think we know what he's getting for xmas - a nose hair trimmer. You gotta love the missus quaffing gin in the background :)

[@masterpassacademy]

😂😂😂

[@Midland_Wolf_71]

That nose hair is really starting my week very badly here too…… Does he not possess a mirror?

[@adrianlloyd6403]

Chris Patten is about as relevant now as a VHS recorder.

[@termite75]

My VHS recorder is still operational

[@ChesterMeadows]

​@@termite75But still irrelevant👍

[@adrianlloyd6403]

@@termite75 Patten is still 'operational' but it doesn't make him relevant.

[@cosmos237]

@@adrianlloyd6403 he's Betamax.

[@marvinsymes]

its not about being relevant, the guy has alot of real time experience of that part of the world that sensible people would do well to tap into

[@phillpotts9047]

I love seeing the conservatives in turmoil. Finally seeing the money disappearing from being funded by donors. It’s like a chameleon watching them changing colours. Unfortunate it’s too late to be waking up now. 😂😂😂

[@michaelmouse4024]

The brexit paradox - any govt capable of delivering brexit wouldn't

[@DeeFibbs]

Breixt is a failure because it is exinomic nonsense, Brits need to end fighting ww2 and stop the empire arrogance mentality

[@cosmos237]

Have you seen the state of the EU? Why are you detached from reality?

[@blushadow1726]

Spot on.

[@chrisbacon84]

​@@cosmos237 well, think of it this way.. EU and UK has an average per capita income of $30k per year (measured in USD) so the question then becomes, can you name me another country, that would chose to make it harder to sell products to one of the worlds largest consumer bases?

[@cosmos237]

@chrisbacon84 it wasn't trade, it was governance. You still don't get it. Eight years to reflect and you've learned nothing. It's a spectacular display of ignorance, arrogance and stupidity.

[@HarryNottings]

Lol and Suella Braverman isnt? Tories and Reform are the same party, they just gave it a new name

[@jeffsimon9594]

Lolololol!!

[@jamjam2833]

Like Labour and the Lib-Dems

[@EloiseB2025]

Literally.

[@EloiseB2025]

​@jamjam2833 not really. Let me guess you think the ex stockbroker millionnaire isn't a member of the elite?

[@jamjam2833]

@EloiseB2025 I wonder if he lied on his CV tho?

[@funtimes7757]

Tory doesnt like the leader of another party colour me shocked

[@chatham43]

Is this a first!😊😂😂

[@Paul-eb4jp]

Chris Patten takes me back to a time when decent people considered voting Tory, they've now been dragged do far right they might as well merge with Farage's shower.

[@martydav9475]

Well said. I think that decent element of the Tory party is still there but it's been pushed aside by the hard-right of the Party. The Italians and Dutch have gone to the Right and I can see it happening in Germany and France, as well as here in Britain. It's certainly worrying.

[@cosmos237]

@@Paul-eb4jp they're a new Labour tribute act, big state, high tax, endless immigration they're not conservative. We could happily halve the size of thr state and you'd barely notice. It's bloated and hopelessly inefficient.

[@williamjohnson5229]

​@martydav9475 well that's what happens when governments refuse to listen to people about mass immigration. Nobody wanted this amd we have told the government that consistently for 20 years. They continue to ignore us and allow in millions of people who will permanently change our country. You can't be surprised people are turning to someone who at least says he will sort it out.

[@martynbeaumont1100]

The policies of the Tory Govt were hardly right wing! Not sure which parallel version of the UK you are referring to.

[@apdapd7568]

Nigel Farage is the elder brother of Tommy Robinson

[@Dmc-kj4iv]

You didn't address the issues

[@alanchilds1456]

​@@Dmc-kj4iv they never do

[@bengoodhind8595]

Listen to the working class then

[@Hannah-xx8ix]

Haha 💯 Tommy May be is his illegitimate son

[@emilymccartney1593]

Farage is Tommy’s Nan.

[@patriciawhite619]

Oh no…. Stop discussing Rentagob… just ignore him, stop the publicity, consign him to history please.. enough is enough!!

[@johnregan2443]

Next PM with abit of luck.

[@EloiseB2025]

Exactly it's ridiculous. The same media channels that platform him every time pretending to be shocked 😂

[@irenecoulson3079]

''He who is without sin, cast the first stone''

[@williamjohnson5229]

Reform are curesnty poling either 2nd or 3rd depending on the pole. You can't just ignore that. That's not how a democracy works. Nobody to blame buy yourselves. All over Europe people are turning to right wing parties because the left absolutely refuses to deal with mass immigration. Despite all the evidence that it is making us all poorer.

[@chrisward9774]

Patten sorted out the Hong Kong deal. That went well! Now on here claiming to be an expert on how to deal with the Chinese. Really?

[@SamLowryDZ-015]

Yes really - you obviously know nothing about the conditions and history of the Hong Kong handover.

[@bakedbean37]

"sorted out the Hong Kong deal" Who unsorted it Chris? Does your expertise extend that far? Would you like him to just pop back and sort out everything that's happened since all on his own? How would your better proposal have worked Chris? Did you raise it at the time?

[@chrisward9774]

@@bakedbean37 It was meant to be run as a parallel state owned by China. Too much money involved in HK for the untrustworthy Chinese to allow that!

[@SamLowryDZ-015]

@@bakedbean37 Yet another armchair Ambassador who understands nothing about global diplomacy and politics

[@monkeyboy8424]

The Tories are buried deep and desperate to be resurrected - fat chance.

[@rmack3722]

We know where this is going. Mini Trump via Putin and Musk. Great.

[@cosmos237]

@@rmack3722 we really need more centrist managerialism because it's clearly working brilliantly. The rot began under Major and accelerated under the war criminal. To fix everything, undo everything from 97 onwards, tear up the trade and cooperation agreement with the EU, withdraw from NATO, the WHO and UN And govern in the UK's interests.

[@Tr1ckady]

An honest Tory...shocking!

[@bigeye101]

Same reaction, like there are reasonable Tories?! I had no idea!

[@iaindennis3321]

Tommy has been among the very few people to have the courage to speak honestly about what is happening in many of our northern towns.

[@debnbhuy]

LOL !!!

[@jacquipope6222]

😂😂😂😂

[@idratherbeaphilthanajustin9533]

And the intelligent crowd respond with smiley faces and lols.

[@iaindennis3321]

@@idratherbeaphilthanajustin9533 does anyone take seriously what’s happening in northern towns?

[@idratherbeaphilthanajustin9533]

@@iaindennis3321 I doubt they do, no.

[@mattyr40]

What democracy?😂😂😂😂😂we have a uniparty system fighting any meaningful change at every turn.

[@tez4274]

Chris might want to trim his nose hairs. Pattern demonstrating he's the establishment and how out of touch with ordinary people him and his ilk are.

[@mwd331]

I simply cannot understand why you think that Farage and his ilk are somehow this salt of the earth movement. He is the literal embodiment of the established ruling class in the country.

[@machidaman]

Youa fan of Andrew then? Worrying.

[@ceciljohnrhodes4987]

If you can’t refute the position play the man.

[@VaucluseVanguard]

So what? The people of Britain are totally fed up with all the political class.

[@alanmockford8516]

The irony is that they are turning to Farage, who was a stockbroker who attended public school.

[@robertcottam8824]

Hmmm… Some folk are fed up with a certain politicians, poppet. Have you ever visited China, incidentally? Go; examine and - should you find it agreeable - feel free to reside. Toot toot.

[@johnkeilloh2682]

…who strove to leave the EU so he could get banking EU regulations repealed so his millionaire/billionaire mates could get back to the real stuff of making money with no ties

[@kantocentral8122]

@@alanmockford8516 but he speaks the truth and doesn't sugar coat anything he says that's what we want in the UK ALSO HE PUTS THE BRITISH FIRST

[@seanrussell7231]

Farage MEGA!!!!!

[@gordonstrong5232]

What about Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? Oh no wait, they're already great because they don't have any reform mps 😅

[@RSRP-y23]

Hmmm...from the land of Hamza Useless

[@helipeek2736]

I think you might well have a spelling mistake in your post.

[@vicicooper4720]

The world and values Chris Patten holds dear have gone. It is sad, but we must cope with what we have now. Times have changed, largely because of the latter conservatives, I wonder, as an instance, if the grooming gangs and their activities would have caused him to lose any sleep.

[@PaulDyas-y9h]

Torries are worried, simple

[@MarkStringman]

And labour party too 😂😂

[@dianeglanville]

and tory fanny's

[@MarkStringman]

@@dianeglanville never labour party more likely there ones who want closer tides with china

[@pagen57]

what a pillock.

[@marty1459]

The way England blames all its problems on immigration is pathetic.

[@andrew-x3n4r]

its fact not blame

[@ConnorJKay]

This is a prime example why the House of Lords should be abolished.

[@therebelgardner5404]

Everything right of labour is far right now! I only realised recently that not voting labour means you're far right. 😂😂😂😂

[@stevea9794]

If you say so pal

[@medievelknevil8716]

There is a clear definition of far right, if you fit that definition then it’s correct

[@therebelgardner5404]

@@stevea9794you voted for change by voting for an establishment party 🥳 Well done thanks for the last 30 years or so of decline 😆😆

[@hastekulvaati9681]

@@therebelgardner5404but you got the radical option: Brexit. It didn’t work.

[@wiseget-f7e]

It is important when travelling through Europe to tell people there that Brexit was thought up in London, proposed, negotiated and instigated there.

[@robertcottam8824]

Eh? But London was massively against Brexit, luvvie.

[@benlong5869]

Why is this person getting wheeled out recently? Hasn’t had a relevant opinion in 40 years

[@SamLowryDZ-015]

Classic example of an ad hominem attack.

[@robertcottam8824]

Why are you commenting, poppet? What are your credentials? 🧐

[@Ryan-me9ge]

His a walking metaphor for what the Tories are - old and conpletely out of touch.

[@lordIanHouston]

Nose Hair !!!! Change the camera angle Patten

[@brianferguson7840]

I'll second that 😢

[@nullnull7495]

Again?! I can see his wife in the mirror. She missed it

[@michaelmiller5387]

could not agree more disgusting!

[@colbr6733]

Hurling labels around smearing the greatest threat to your own party indicates the total absence of a strategy to fix the very issues that voters are focusing on.

[@CarlBradley-c6t]

Farage is a poundshop Enoch Powell and Alias Tommy Robinson is a poundshop Farage.

[@Marky213]

That's original, bet you knock one out over Russell brand.

[@johnregan2443]

And Enoch Powell was right -!

[@gordonstrong5232]

​@@Marky213 Russell Brand is one of your lot now, keep up.

[@Marky213]

@@gordonstrong5232 argh diddums, has he left the lefty hive mind 😂

[@RSRP-y23]

Regardless...you can go to any town centre now and get your own photo done with a real time backdrop

[@An-Alien-On-Earth]

What dribble

[@jamesburke527]

Patten is a name from the 80s and is still living there THE WORLDS CHANGED CHRIS

[@johnreid9959]

What’s Tommy Robinson ever said on immigration or Farage being anti immigration he wanted it controlled , same as old Labour did, isn’t that like saying the nano were against the Iraq war therefore anyone who’s against the Iraqxaat supports the bznP?

[@EloiseB2025]

Can you remember that photo Farage stood in front of that time of the hoardes of people coming in? Where was that photo taken?

[@johnreid9959]

@ alleged asylum seekers aren’t immigrants id said what’s that to do with Tommy Robinson did he stand by a picture like that

[@darinharrison3900]

Was that the wife behind or, THE NURSE ?

[@thomaswilson5707]

Who do you think people listen less to… the tories or LBC?

[@wiseget-f7e]

The London Labour echo chamber at LBC is always a laugh!

[@EloiseB2025]

Your script needs updating. This isn't about Labour..... 🤦‍♀️

[@gordonstrong5232]

4 week old account that posts the same comments over and over, obvious bot is obvious.

[@barryboom717]

Just so everyone knows, this post comes from a 4 week old KZbin account.

[@paulbaker7578]

This guy is not a conservative!!!

[@UKAlanR]

He was the party Chair!!

[@hastekulvaati9681]

The Conservatives are not the Conservatives. They are a confused populist rabble.

[@MrBeautifulmountain]

If the other parties want to undermine Reform, they should oppose further mass immigration, especially from the Muslim world. If they want such migration, they only have themselves to blame.

[@redfog42]

Nigel is bad enough being Nigel

[@poplarboydavid]

Why?

[@kantocentral8122]

@@poplarboydavid the left dont like nigel because he doesn't roll over to these snowflakes and speaks the truth

[@ianpalfrey8744]

Perhaps Reform UK should be shut down?

[@TiltonRD]

🤡

[@pkkerley6028]

Not another tree hugger who only likes democracy when they win ?

[@JohnCormack-km8ul]

Another Tory has been !

[@adrianlloyd6403]

Or never was

[@MrAckers75]

Wow that is a special hairline Lewis 😂😂😂

[@sneakyfish8191]

The problem with pursuing this in legislation is that 15-33% of Parliament (from all parties) would be gone and they know it. They'll never willingly do this as there's no political advantage to any one side while all parties would lose people. I have no problem with that. Personally, I'd like anyone captured by such legislation kept out of politics forever.

[@Vee-c7i]

League of Bellends Channel, thats what this channel stands for right? LBC? Surely.

[@chrisstones1249]

Gbbbbbs and TALKTV,now they're proper compost sites , seriously lacking any journalist of any quality,and those who watch them must have had frontal lobotomies .

[@brianferguson7840]

So speaks a full founding member.

[@kevinsimpson-dw6vu]

@@brianferguson7840 Obviously you're speaking about yourself there Brian lol. How's life in your middle-class suburb by the way?

[@mwd331]

Wow, did you come up with that all by yourself? Very clever.

[@ceciljohnrhodes4987]

Nice troll Ivan.

[@IslandLife273]

You’re very left leaning aren’t you

[@gordonstrong5232]

Can Farage even find Clacton on a map?

[@EloiseB2025]

Only when the right wing press start asking why he hasn't done a surgery yet. Quick pr photo ops with a local businessmen fends them off for a bit.

[@chatham43]

@gordon Where do you think it is? A clue. It's not in North London.😊

[@helipeek2736]

I’m sure he’s seen it, from a boat, whilst bobbing about in the channel yelling sound bites and pointing at anything that floats by.

[@gordonstrong5232]

​@@chatham43 Not sure mate, is Clacton in Florida? Because that's where Farage usually is 😅

[@peterjames9673]

Patten is irrelevant, this is a trumpian moment, Nigel will succeed in 29.

[@johnreid9959]

As if Timmyvribinsin has any interest if who the Chinese spy is

[@shinkansenshinkansend8316]

The far left meltdown when Farage wins the next election is going to be hilarious.

[@ceciljohnrhodes4987]

Even w⚓️s can dream

[@JohanNordin-bq4tz]

There is no far left in british politics. Educate yourself

[@MijinLaw]

And the country meltdown

[@gordonstrong5232]

Let's face it, to your sort everyone to the left of Herman Goerring is "far-left"

[@richardlewis7498]

so what would you call far left then

[@sandramunroe5073]

Can he back-up that statement? They just don't like it that there is another more popular party coming through now.

[@Neil-n8i]

Totally irrelevant.

[@alantheinquirer7658]

Name him or not ... the general public really don't care! However, it's a matter of legality.

[@Rigsby86-wt6id]

Team Farage 🇬🇧

[@stevenwilliamson6236]

Wasn't he an under secretary of state in the NIO?

[@GloriaHoulihan]

Premier Li Qiang visited Ireland for discussions. Communication is an important step to wards cooperation.

[@GloriaHoulihan]

Anthony Blunt was quite a piece of work!

[@michaelathanasiou2030]

The difference between Farage and Badenoch is of-course ( unlike Farage, she will attract the vote from legal hard working immigrants and NOT just thugs that hate immigrant

[@Rossyedmonds]

You’re worried about reform which says it all Michael.

[@smj1288]

Just a reminder

[@DurhamXo]

I just don’t understand that it seems more like the people saying that are the people who can’t stand other peoples opinions if I’m being honest

[@HarpoonB2]

Has Nigle been to Clacton yet?

[@EloiseB2025]

For a PR photo op yes. Not to do an in person mp surgery though.

[@HarpoonB2]

@EloiseB2025 typical.

[@EloiseB2025]

​@@HarpoonB2 can you imagine the outrage if any other MP had said this? He stumbled over his words to ferrari a few months ago. Said he had been advised it wasn't safe to hold them in person. Not only was it an insult to those MPs who've had literal 💀 threads who still hold their surgeries in person. It was a blatant lie. The house called him out for it straight away. Not one right wing media channel called him out for the same..

[@HarpoonB2]

@EloiseB2025 he wants to be the british Trump and he will do and say what it takes to get there, even take illegal donations from foreigners. Crazy aint it, he will take money from someone who was an illegal himself.

[@RichardSFord]

Why would he want to go to that nasty smelly place full of nasty smelly people after he's been hanging out with the billionaire class in the States?

[@Flippant-j5d]

Leave him alone, he didn't nothing Wong.

[@chrisshaw9836]

And whats wrong with that? Peoples champion, thrown in jail for telling the truth❤

[@martynblackburn9632]

Ten names broke the law. Guilty as charged.

[@fireblade6756]

Bla bla bla bla!!!!!

[@TheShellw1977]

Reform all the way

[@dogwalker666]

Nahh they are MAGA light, We don't want a disaster like the US .

[@debbieburgess2207]

​@dogwalker666 reform always ignore the troll in the room

[@brianferguson7840]

Reform what F.F.S.🤔

[@Brendon-e3o]

All the way to Perdition.

[@MarkStringman]

Reform party for working class Nd British citizen too

[@tdtm82]

He reminds me of John Major so much

[@dnstone1127]

'Mr Farridge'

[@GarethMachin-rb2sg]

Farage salon bar bore perfect description.

[@jeffsimon9594]

I think *saloon* may be the elusive word you are groping in the dark for.

[@PaulDyas-y9h]

Is that his cleaner in the background

[@jcw9539]

Well he’s better than the other parties

[@mtrhodesy]

Not that I support NF but as Labour and the Tories have both took us to war many times, having a character like NF might actually be to our advantage. To be honest we are more likely to be attacked with Starmer as PM, as he comes across as weak and without conviction. Farage at least will answer the question put to him, it might be bs I don’t check(I assume a lie and if it’s something I care about I’ll check), but Starmer looks like a deer in the headlights everytime. I didn’t vote reform or Tory this time, and I won’t in the next, but I can’t deny that Farage is streets ahead as a natural leader. It also seems that the Tories and Labour see it as well, hence the need to say reform will lead us to war like no one has a memory of their exploits!

[@maxcream6726]

VOTE REFORM

[@medievelknevil8716]

Remember to take your favourite flavour crayon to fill in your voting slip!

[@gordonstrong5232]

No.

[@helipeek2736]

@@gordonstrong5232 which, strangely, is Reform’s one and only policy to date.

[@stevenwilliamson6236]

Again, Little Britain seems very slow to call the Northern Ireland border poll, which is the centerpiece of the gfa. An international agreement it signed up to but doesn't want to operate correctly.

[@JohnHaveaguessGoogle]

Hahaha...it's a lot more complicated than your simplistic comment...it requires the agreement of the ROI government (who are yet again going into some sort of coalition to negate Sinn Fein and continue their nonsensical policies) and the northern Ireland assembly (not noted for political stability).

[@Jacqueline-ej6wq]

😂😂😂

[@alanthecat59]

Reform Reform Reform

[@chrisdickens4268]

Go away, go away, go away (and get educated)

[@brianferguson7840]

What is it exactly that you wish to reform, prey do tell.😂

[@mup_pet]

Bot, bot, bot.

[@lewis123417]

​@chrisdickens4268 classic lefty delusion. The belief that you can educate people out of subjective political opinions 😂 its that kind of thinking that leads to classic leftist re education camps

[@lewis123417]

​@@mup_petbots don't vote. You can't dismiss every opinion you don't like as a bot 😂

[@lestrem11]

Starmer isn’t far off being Putin……

[@andrewwood9613]

Please, make an appointment with a psychiatrist

[@bigeye101]

Think you got the names confused there

[@Jo-CJSY]

Vote Reform !!

[@jackcogi9586]

be terrifieed the real right is coming

[@advocate1563]

No.w9nder.tor8es are finished. Reform yas 5 MPs.

[@PHJ1441]

Yawn