Nigel Farage has lost the right | Andrew Marr | Election 2024 | the New Statesman

[@lightweightben]

I thought Sunak was a poor leader, but this campaign period has just proved he is in fact a terrible leader.

[@Steve-eq8iz]

It's proved that he's no leader at all.

[@brianlopez8855]

He will be on the tarmac at Biggin Hill Aerodrome by 10pm on 4 July 2024 ready to take off in his private jet for California. He doesn't give a Flying F%ck

[@elkpaz560]

@@Steve-eq8iz He was head-boy at Winchester. It fits.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Farage lost the Right is probably the worst ever take I've heard in my lifetime.

[@chuck1804]

Never put it past Andrew Marr to pull some absolute bizarre left-field theory out of his arse and present it as fact.

[@RobinHarris-nf4yv]

@@chuck1804 Andrew Marr is massively well connected in political circles, he is often correct

[@RobinHarris-nf4yv]

It’s correct, Farage has lost the right

[@chuck1804]

@@RobinHarris-nf4yv see comment above re opinions presented as fact.

[@neilbundy8028]

He has lost the right, he only has the far right under his spell. They're not the same electorate

[@physicstutoronline5603]

Farage has every right, we supposedly live in a democracy and debate is healthy, isn't it?

[@hjf3022]

The Right Wing...

[@physicstutoronline5603]

?

[@SpeedfreakUK]

@@physicstutoronline5603the title means Farage has lost the right wing.

[@sempereadem54eadem64]

@@hjf3022ah bless

[@mirelchirila]

yeah, and everyone has the right to say his Ideas are stupid.

[@anthonyanderson9737]

The media has generally not held the Tories to account over the last 14+years

[@Cherrytune386]

Because they're owned by the Cons/Murdoch

[@stephenhayesuk]

So Andrew Mar is campaigning vigorously against the Evil Tories. OK, fair enough. But he was totally unbiased and balanced during the years when he was a news lead for the BBC, right?

[@ckuk1066]

The BBC is dominated by lefties? It is to do with jobs lefties choose.

[@AlanObrien-if4ie]

Im from the republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 and have always loved farage ,he speaks from the hip and doesnt court popularity, he just calls out the establishment

[@stitcheruk1150]

Andrew Marr has NEVER liked Farage - just parroting his old anti Farage narrative.

[@chuck1804]

Exactly. "Farage is this. Farage is that." [provides no context or evidence for above claims] Rinse and repeat. Ok Andrew.....👍

[@thekirstygee]

Even Farage doesn't like Farage

[@stitcheruk1150]

@@thekirstygee That’s a good thing then. At the very least it will keep him honest - unlike very many politicians who ‘lie through their teeth’.

[@JohnSmall314]

Being anti-Farage is the same as being anti-fantasy merchants and against conmen in politics. Quite a sensible thing to be.

[@Kushdeeskates]

Andrew Marr was formerly a Maoist and a member of the Socialist Campaign for a Labour Victory, so I'm never suprised. The dude is a nutjob

[@lawrencetarr8540]

Is Mr Marr still working for that left wing unbiased radio station LBC ?

[@grai]

Marr lives in a Metropolitan media bubble that's about 35 years out of date The Sun expressing a preference for a political party is an complete irrelevance to 99% of people now compared to say the 1980s when people **physically bought a newspaper** that reflected their politics people skim the online version of the Mail and the Sun for a maximum of 4 minutes every couple of days The idea that Farage supporters care about his comments about Putin just because the media have jumped on it is simply way out of touch with how Farage supporters are thinking and feeling - they couldn't care less about Ukraine or Putin

[@sacredandthepropane]

This take is the one that should be heeded 👍

[@Gordon.Pinkerton]

He wasn't saying that Farage's existing supporters would care about these Putin/Ukraine comments. I think the point is rather more that conservatives who might have been tempted to vote for him may well not. Whether that turns out to be true or not remains to be seen

[@dacorum8053]

@@Gordon.Pinkerton It is true that a lot of people totally believe the western pro Ukrainian propaganda line but I also think a lot of those people are coming to realise that (a) ukraine is not winning and (b) in order to win the west would have to join in and (c) that would lead to WW3, nuclear war and the end of all us. Farage is right, the west provoked the war. I don't think he has lost any votes and is likely to have gained more from people who want the war to end and believe negotiation is the only realistic way to achieve that.

[@batcollins3714]

Reform supporters are supporting a very British Nazi party.

[@angelarose6602]

Well done Nigel the country need you! 👆

[@guyhancox4246]

"hold the next government to account like they held the last government to account"? In what parallel universe did the Murdoch press hold the tories to account? Good lord...

[@kevin9sc]

I know, right! I couldn’t believe my ears on that bit of claptrap!

[@maverickkhan2718]

Telegraph, Sun, Times and express devoid of true journalistic ethos

[@ashroskell]

This is where I find that even the, “best,” journalists (an oxymoron, perhaps?) get high on the smell of their own farts. That’s why I hope and pray for the Lib Dems to become the opposition, which would only require a small nudge in key seats around the country. Imagine the historic change that would result if the Tories were no longer able to direct the narrative? If the party holding Labour’s feet to the fire was sincere about saving the NHS and not trying to quietly privatise the last holdouts? Sincere about making fines on the water companies prohibitively expensive and not just an additional expense? Sincere about saving free education at a high quality and not just making sure that private schools get their tax breaks? Committed to rebuilding our national security and not putting Putin’s spooks into the House of Lords? Sincere about funding our military and not just about friends and families selling weapons to the highest bidders? And, most of all, backing all requests to open up the books on public enquiries, so we can root out and prosecute the conspirators of the London Met, the Postal Services and the Grenfell Tower guilty parties and bring them to justice, which is the only real defence against repeat performances? Just imagine the Tory voice being silenced for the first time in British political history? To whom would the press turn for clients? They would still need their kickbacks and cheques signed. They would still have a job to do and they can’t take their business elsewhere. We would suddenly see a massive turnover of staff in the Murdoch press and in senior positions at the BBC. We could yet save Britain? . . .

[@RobinHarris-nf4yv]

Times has been pretty critical of Tory govt TBF

[@GafftheHorse]

Pretty much. I think what they are nostalgic for is the British public putting up with austerity and high taxes with no complaints.

[@ShaunieDale]

These people who are nostalgic about the war, were never in it. Anyone who fought in the war would be 97 or over. My father was in the navy during hostilities, what he told me (some stuff I could not get him to talk about) was that war was horrific and we should never fight like this again. God knows what parents these people had!

[@Maltloaflegrande]

Possibly ones who didn't talk to them because they were numerous miles away in a boarding school somewhere? I don't know, but so much of the attitude of these people seems to be informed by a somewhat selective range of "traditional" values. They'll dwell on the gung-ho patriotic defiance of the war years but conveniently skip over the horrible damage it did to so many who survived it and the resolve to unite and avoid such a thing ever happening again. I'm several years older than Farridge, and even my Dad was too young to fight in WW2 (his Dad was too old, but was a civilian casualty courtesy of the Blitz). Our instinctive feel for the experience of that war is little more profound than that for the Crimean War which we'd learn about entirely from History books. To see Farridge tapping into our country's heritage for his own cynical political gains is truly vomit-inducing.

[@StiloVerso-kn7wn]

That's why there was a solid majority to go into the EU in the 1975 referendum. Because it was still in memory. All this later posturing is... posturing.

[@georgesdelatour]

@@StiloVerso-kn7wn We'd already been taken in to the EEC (not yet the EU) when Labour gave us a Referendum on whether to stay in or not in 1975. There were no spending restrictions in this Referendum. As result, the "Yes" side outspent the "No" by a massive margin. The "Yes" campaign accounted for 93.18% of all Referendum expenditure. During the campaign, the main issue was whether a "No" vote would lead to Tony Benn becoming Bolshevik dictator of Britain.

[@616CC]

I think you’ve misinterpreted what he’s saying? Why are you talking of nostalgia, we fought for democracy and freedom we didn’t fight because we wanted to, we fought because we had to? And that democracy and freedom was eroded by the supremacy of the EU laws over British laws so we effectively lost our autonomy, no matter what good the Political Union of the EU did the final say should be the with people of each of the nations within it, and it wasn’t, it was unelected bureaucrats some of whom were ex bankers I don’t see how their priorities could be aligned with the majority of citizens in member nations, I think it’s proven out to not work. Instead of dealing with problems rationally it’s given way to extreme radical political parties that might solve the main problems but the anger that will come with it will enforce other laws most would be horrified of. The political class has sent our country into a downwards spiral through their inability to even share a sliver of compassion to that majority. It’s terrible.

[@georgesdelatour]

@peterholden3672 We became a vassal of the USA.

[@AndyBarnes-c9u]

57 years of me supporting the Conservatives has ended. Marr is a metropolitan fool and doesn’t understand the country. Vote reform.

[@TheTimdoyle]

Most apt comment of the year award.

[@GeorginaDent-Jefferies]

Andrew Marr has just gone to rock bottom 🤡

[@chrisbremner8992]

He is owned by the unelected elites obviously told to attack Farage with a bunch of absurd rubbish.

[@brianlopez8855]

Time the Retirement Village Mr Marr....

[@billymorris-watts3766]

😂

[@christinalayzelle832]

I’m definitely voting Reform UK

[@keithharris3980]

boris johnson said exactly the same thing as nigel farage in his newspaper column A few years ago! What a hypocrite!

[@joankirby1944]

Nigel is right about russia the war was not caused by them.

[@benjones3466]

When you mass your army on the border and give the order to invade you have by definition caused the war.

[@adrianjcox8611]

Vote Reform. The Conservatives are finished and rightly so.

[@batcollins3714]

Never vote for the pro Nazi Reform private company. Why won't they say who the shareholders are?

[@debbiegale9076]

So you want to vote in a party whose spending plans and uncosred tax cuts would bankrupt us and make Luz Truss look slightly normal. Farage said her budget was best Tory one maybe ever. More should be made of that clear level.of potential incompetence.

[@soundguyldn]

We don't need vote reform, what we need is for governments to improve the country rather than drive it off the cliff as the conservatives have done for 14 years. Regardless of political stance, we need a government that will take its responsibility seriously and help the people that have voted for it. I'm staunchly left and reluctantly a Labour voter - they've had an open goal for years and failed to win a majority before now. But moreover I do trust them to improve the lives of millions of people. If they can do that then I'll pay all the taxes you like.

[@peteratkinson922]

​@@soundguyldnSave your taxes. You just need to house a few refugee families, that's all.

[@bottleneck4593]

@@soundguyldnEvery Labour government in history broke the country. There is no point keep paying more and more taxes if it spent unwisely by financial incompetents. We need people with a business head in government. The thought that Starmer might get in is frightening. He is a failed dishonest lawyer who can’t add up. And you want to make this man Prime Minister. God help us. A significant number of historic Labour voters are voting REFORM.

[@Sunrise01118]

It won’t be a low turn out for ReformUK! Make the uk great again! Take the boats back to France - zero Tax until you earn over 20k common sense policies

[@SWCM-g2m]

Reform ARE the right.

[@Cherrytune386]

& they're wrong! 😂

[@sempereadem54eadem64]

@@Cherrytune386ah bless a 🤡

[@sempereadem54eadem64]

Just right about most things

[@TheDripSpotter]

Laborious have conducted their Own Polling and they show that they are haemorrhaging votes to Reform.

[@peteratkinson922]

​@@sempereadem54eadem64Can barely tap keys for the buildup of mirthsome palpitations.

[@russelljbriscoe]

Nigel Farage hasn’t lost the right .

[@williamhurley8407]

@@russelljbriscoe he’s more than welcome to to it.

[@trevaudio]

He should have lost his rights along time ago

[@glennthompson1971]

he’s lost the plot. and captained Britain to an enormous own goal of Brexit

[@007JHS]

Nah... He's just lost the plot

[@jhwheuer]

Liz will be furious. The title of “worst PM” is the only thing she’s got left.

[@garyturner5739]

Yeah that little upstart Sunak took her last title there.

[@jhwheuer]

@@garyturner5739 na, still giving that to dumdum Boris

[@saltwell]

I think Truss still has that title, if only for her sheer demented pig-headedness and refusal to consider that she could be wrong. I sincerely hope she loses her seat in the Election.

[@bobdigi500]

I don't think Tuss will ever lose her title as worst PM ever

[@alan2007-x8x]

Oh, Liz achieved more in those few weeks than any other rubbish PM has ever done. You have to be brilliant to dump yourself in so short a time. Johnson took far longer to prove himself useless. Perhaps a referendum could sort this out?

[@Lee-33]

Tory for forty years and never again. Reform for me.

[@williamhurley8407]

Goodbye

[@Cherrytune386]

Never vote for Farage

[@batcollins3714]

A racist right wing party run by billionaires. And its a Private Limited Company!!!! Very British

[@sempereadem54eadem64]

@@williamhurley8407🤡

[@crystalmontalbano9798]

I have been a Tory all my life. I have sent in my vote, I voted Green. I would have voted Reform but I don't like their support for the perpetrators of a genocide.

[@creator830]

Andrew Marr has lost the plot

[@TheAngryal]

LOL..he never really had one.

[@williamhurley8407]

@@creator830 you never found the plot, and you probably never will.

[@williamhurley8407]

@@phYT01 silly person.

[@snowyowel7961]

Worked at the BBC for years is brain pickled.

[@blackdogbarking]

Under 50s hate the papers

[@jdogg448]

I'm 35 and have never bought a news paper.

[@wanderingsoul7935]

I'm over 50 and I've not bought or read a paper for decades.

[@maxrav1831]

The uni-party is strangling the life out of this country.

[@saraandivanevans6881]

Andrew Marr's opinions are what one would expect from him, because he is a sneering MSM journalist who thinks he has an inside track on the mood of the nation and a BBC reject so not one to go to for an unbiased opinion.

[@lairddougal3833]

Besides being tired of the utter venality and stupidity of the Tories, I’m sick of the media’s overuse of the ‘gate’ meme. Everything’s a ‘gate’. ‘Party-gate’, ‘Gamble-gate’ ‘moron-gate’. Time for something new eh?

[@kennethferland5579]

Yea 'gate' in an American thing (From Nixons Watergate, though it is also acceptable to have Water being in the name of the scandle instead of Gate as in the Clinton 'WhiteWater' scandle), we never said you Limes could use it! You should be calling all your scandles 'Rows' such as 'Party-Row', 'Gambling-Row' etc etc.

[@kanedNunable]

@@monkey39128 or how people walk thru a gate controversy, gate gate gate :P

[@michaelinhouston9086]

Blame the US media - they started it and will not stop it

[@idoshulman6379]

Stop the bets is actually a really good name for it

[@owengoodspeed5763]

​@@kanedNunableThat would be a gate gait.

[@misdangered4326]

I don’t like Farage but he is right in what he said about EU/NATO/Russia/Ukraine, but that’s been obvious to anyone who had been watching the situation closely over the last 10 years or so. It’s a bit worrying that they’re using something Farage got right as the stick to beat him with, surely they can do better than that?

[@timtim4603]

You don’t understand the feeling on the ground people want reform

[@redcropuk]

Many many British people are bored of worrying about other countries troubles, sick of hearing about wars in the ( selected ) countries we know we’re being corn fed to funnel our emotions, and our money. We want to save Britain, we want to repair OUR broken country. We want leaders who fight for us. So Farage making, very true remarks in my opinion, about Ukraine and Russia hasn’t dissuaded anybody I know that’s voting for him. My elderly parents and many of the people they know are voting against Labour. And that’s what this is, it’s British saying we don’t want Starmer, we don’t want any more immigrants in our over crowded broken little country. Farage may not do what he says he’s gonna do but at least he’s saying it, saying he wants to. Starmer wants to bring in blasphemy laws against anyone who says they feel scared or threatened by the ever growing presence of Islam in Britain. He’s def saying he intends to do nothing to stop immigration, his desire for blasphemy laws is the absolute proof of where his loyalties lie, and it sure isn’t with the English, Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish. We are a Christian country and a democracy and there is no place for blasphemy laws in a democracy.

[@julieguthrie7075]

Nigel helped orcanstated the destruction of Britain. Cannot image thinking he be a solution to repair it.

[@graemeyetts3465]

We have been dissillisioned with UK politics for 60 years FFS!

[@mikejackson459]

Andrew Marr needs Reforming. He is another one that doesn't get the seismic earthquake that's coming on general election day. NF has yet to really play his big cards. We have heard this twaddle before about Brexit. The fact is the country is totally fed up with Labour and The Conservatives and there are huge numbers of undecided voters to change the maths.

[@williamhurley8407]

@@mikejackson459 you should be on the stage, there’s a grave shortage of comedians

[@73elephants]

Farage is completely right about the provocation of Putin. Also, I don't care if the Russian-speaking Donbass region is transferred to Russia. That's probably the best for all concerned, given the animistic history of the past decade or two. There's clearly not much love lost between Kiev and the Donbass.

[@nareshaidasani1577]

Andrew Marr is out of touch.

[@LIFEMA-b1d]

He's Establishment.....controlled politics.

[@michaeldoolan7595]

He's a narcissist.

[@Lewisevans1618]

And most probably grossly overpaid to say what he’s told to say. Ghastly.

[@johnmiller2739]

Looking after his pension.

[@rodneyderosayro5932]

He is a PRAT TIME FOR HIM TO STEP DOWN

[@chrisperry22cap]

I'm in Montgomeryshire and I'm voting Reform.

[@joeyclarkejoey6212]

There is a huge wave of Reform votes coming which will surprise everyone! Everyone seems to be voting for the Reform party.

[@jaypeaks1831]

Reform uk all the way

[@user-Tortured-soul]

VOTE REFORM GET NIGEL FARAGE FOR THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER.

[@dereks1264]

Turnout, turnout, turnout. The biggest danger is Labour/Lib Dem complacency.

[@Soul_of_a_Robot]

I think Labour have it dialled in at this point. Absolute consistency right through Lib Dems are gonna be as big as they've ever been. Possibly in a position to be opposition. 2 centre left parties in 1 and 2...one can only hope

[@TouringTony]

From personal experience the LD aren't being complacent

[@trulymental7651]

@@Soul_of_a_Robot never believe the polls or the red tops. I just hope everyone does vote and doesn't rely on the supposed Labour majority.

[@OhioState-w9o]

@@Soul_of_a_Robot So you want Net Zero and bigger bills, along with mass immigration causing even more pressure on our already struggling services.

[@robmarshall9026]

@@OhioState-w9o Net Zero doesn't lead to higher bills, it leads to energy security and in turn lower bills since they aren't dictated by whatever bullshit war is going on over oil/gas. As for immigration, Labour is not stupid enough to let it get any higher (record highs) than it has under the conservatives. It wouldn't also be such an issue if our public services hasn't been gutted by 14 years of failure.

[@travalingman2387]

That's just made me vote Reform...I can't belive what I've just witnessed, I'll also be cancelling my TV licence this has to stop!

[@timtim4603]

I’m voting reform

[@Tizzy-s9g]

Sunak found out that a Labour candidate was involved and that Starmer would act immediately so Sunak had no choice to follow suit. Otherwise the Tory pantomime would be still going on tonight

[@stoobydootoo4098]

?? Not involved with a GE date bet.

[@mickaparrish]

Talking to both Labour and Conservative voters STOP !!!, look at our country, look at what we've become under the rule of both labour and conservative governments since the war, be honest with yourself, forget the well used partisan rhetoric and well rehearsed bs we all need REFORM.

[@catherinemartin6258]

@@mickaparrishyou again bloody do one freak

[@mickaparrish]

@@catherinemartin6258 Talking to both Labour and Conservative voters STOP !!!, look at our country, look at what we've become under the rule of both labour and conservative governments since the war, be honest with yourself, forget the well used partisan rhetoric and well rehearsed bs we all need REFORM.

[@mickaparrish]

@@catherinemartin6258 Talking to both Labour and Conservative voters STOP !!!, look at our country, look at what we've become under the rule of both labour and conservative governments since the war, be honest with yourself, forget the well used partisan rhetoric and well rehearsed bs we all need REFORM.

[@OOLONandCOLLUPHID]

Funny that the "debate" around the rights of transgender people never seems to actually include anyone who is trans. C'mon Spanky, talk to some people who have gone through transition. Let's hear what they have to say for a change. Get them in a studio. Let them speak. The failure of the media to do so is the root of a lot of misunderstanding and suffering.

[@RichardEnglander]

Yes like Debbie Hayton

[@davidcooks2379]

Funny that any discussion of reduction of womens rights always consists exclusively of men and trans people

[@OOLONandCOLLUPHID]

@@RichardEnglander That would be a start. Abigail Thorn? Sophie Wilson would be facinating. Christine Burns? That'd be quite a panel.

[@YourLocalGP]

The debate about religion can be had without talking to any religious nutters either

[@abuyusufabdulhakim952]

Because the debate isn’t about men that have transitioned, but about women. It would be like insisting that white kids with dreads who ‘feel black’ must be part of the conversation on racism.

[@MrRea112]

Notwithstanding the pathetic Conservatives, Labour is not the answer. This election highlights the weakness of the UK’s electoral system

[@bottleneck4593]

Nigel Farage is right. Vote REFORM.

[@sherbertufo5247]

It infuriated Bojo?!?! Why? Because he said exactly the same thing in 2016? Or because it shines a light on his scuppering of the peace talks? 🤔

[@douglaswinton826]

Boris wanted 1million for speaking to the Ukraine… So Boris is hardly an innocent voice

[@morrisstephens9165]

Us oldies may nostalgic and patriotic, but we do believe in running our own country.

[@mikenow3050]

I get the impression Andrew does not like Farage. Everyone I know is voting Farage.

[@yangtse55]

Tell me where you live so I can add it to my map.

[@leetech49]

2 words vote REFORM

[@ronpeel1878]

Your wrong Mr Marr. There are Millions of young people who wear trainers are also patriotic and will vote Reform.

[@joeoak8181]

First of all, get your grammar right.

[@maverickkhan2718]

@@ronpeel1878 do that by all means but you will be disappointed even if they were to form the government. Extreme ideologies will never bring prosperity for anyone.

[@adrianwalker3641]

Vote reform Marr put some excitement in your life

[@ChrisGamble]

It's becoming increasingly difficult to generally think that people are good at heart

[@kanedNunable]

most of the country isnt right wing and selfish. the problem is until now, 'the right' has had 1 party to vote for whilst the non-twatty vote gets split between multiple parties.

[@sarahgillingham7320]

Hang on in there. Most places are full of lovely, kind people. Just maybe not political parties 😕

[@andrewwrench1959]

The low turnout will be lifelong Conservatives who can't abide this corrupt rabble but can't bring themselves to vote anyone else. On the other hands the anti-Conservative voters, and that includes for Reform, are enormously motivated.

[@stephenhill545]

The OAP homes always vote.

[@stephenhill545]

The media should remember its duty. A free press is vital for a functioning democracy.

[@alanmansell4297]

Two overstated ego's will implode Reform. UKIP fell over and fell apart in the same way. Lack of direction in their manifesto.

[@Patricia-kk8tr]

It’s tribal, conservatives who don’t want any other party to be in power. It’s not about what is in it for them, they want the familiar. The hope is that enough others get out to vote Tories out.

[@Exanto777]

Lifelong conservatives have declared en masse that they will vote reform and never vote conservative again.

[@thomasbroleen4241]

Andrew please tell me you're joking, you've had/have communist, socialist leanings all your life.

[@johndewhurst6609]

Nigel Farage appeal is with little Englanders Xenophobia, sadly this infects all wings of society not just the right wing.

[@zoltan-zq3xe]

Vote Reform UK.

[@2000bhoy]

Why?

[@rudysocks2088]

Don't like Farage but he is part right about that,live with it

[@geoffevans2489]

I can think of 17.4 million reasons why Reform is not going away Vote Reform UK what do you have to lose its the most credible party.

[@sjaguartype]

Oh dear Geoff, most people poled now say Brexit was a mistake, let that sink in…..

[@paulgibbon5991]

No thanks, I'd rather keep Putinpuppets out of government.

[@sacredandthepropane]

Get em told Geoff 🇬🇧

[@barriewilliams4526]

Nigel is the only other option! Vote Reform👍

[@ParanormalUKNetwork]

With newspapers' sales collapsing to the point that they're no longer relevant, No one is particularly concerned about what the papers tell their vanishing readership to think.

[@knightsnight5929]

The Daily Mail website has 24 million visitors every month.

[@oitoitoi1]

average age of uk newspaper readers is 64. the papers' influence in british politics is coming to an end, especially with the tories completely imploding.

[@ParanormalUKNetwork]

@@knightsnight5929@knightsnight5929 Yes, and I specifically said newspapers, not websites. (Their website is viewed across the world i.e. lots of people who can't vote - the paper isn't)

[@sherridanhughes]

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -Mahatma Gandhi (actually, a paraphrase of Nicholas Klein's similar statement in 1918). Nigel has won once and he will again. He is truly exceptional and ahead of the game. In 2014, he predicted that 'poking the bear' would lead to the Ukraine conflict - he should be lauded for that!

[@hreader]

Perhaps Labour could try standing up to Murdoch instead of sucking-up to him.

[@paultaylor7082]

Who cares what the Dirty Digger thinks any more. Fewer and fewer people buy or even read his papers any more.

[@jeremymanson1781]

Murdoch's publications are continuing to be anti-Labour. Labour don't need Murdoch.

[@eddyd63]

Labour haven’t courted Murdoch at all in comparison to the Blair years.

[@Old_Scot]

Murdoch's papers support whoever they think will win. I don't know why Labour tries to suck up to him either.

[@kanedNunable]

they tried with corbyn and look what happened. for 50 years murdoch has chosen who wins the GE.

[@bosshog36]

Cleverly to me is the Jim Hacker candidate for leader, just about acceptable to both sides of the party

[@carlarmes8364]

The media is very petty minded. The sooner legacy media runs out of viewers the better. I am a Labour voter by the way.

[@Jessicajanelove]

Vote Reform ❤

[@anthonycoyle2889]

This guy sounds painful Nigel Farage is going to shock stuffy old establishment

[@jimcraiggeezer]

He is stuffy old establishment.

[@kanedNunable]

he is the stuffy old establishment ya plum, he said he wants to be tory leader a few months ago. div

[@paulgibbon5991]

You believe the populist politician when he told you he wasn't a politician?

[@daviddestefanis2989]

@@kanedNunable Oh, and SIR Keir Starmer isn't the stuffy establishment? There's a reason Nigel doesn't have a knighthood, the elites hate him. Tell me the establishment hate SIR Keir Starmer.

[@Rwswal]

The establishment that wants to carry on with the war obviously lost in order to avoid facing up to the monumental debacle, defeat and the exposure lies they told the British people 🤬 🤬 Unprovoked is the biggest lie and the UK establishment is desperate that the British people don't question it

[@mikewilliamson5093]

Andrew he is everything that is wrong with the UK

[@sushiginger444]

Lefty Marr is misleading people here.

[@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

You think the British right care much about Ukraine do you? Interesting. They seem a lot more interested in why councils can find homes for Ukrainians but British people can languish on waiting lists.

[@ColinMaxwell-oc1ok]

Marr is a pro European pillock

[@joeoak8181]

BS.

[@PeterWalls-kq6ye]

Reform or bust.

[@rayf926]

Vote Reform. Vote out the corrupted political swamp.

[@kanedNunable]

yeah, swapping some right wing grifters for even more right wing grifters will really solve everything eh? /s

[@chrisbremner8992]

Talking trash on Farage shows how conceited Marr is, he is one reason why the UK is a mess.

[@user-Tortured-soul]

VOTE REFORM MAKE NIGEL FERAGE PRIME MINISTER! Get rid of the same old failures and get Britain back to where it should be. We are all sick of listening to the same old intellectual garbage and dishonesty. Vote for change VOTE REFORM TO GET REAL CHANGE.

[@8bitkid408]

I think Andrew Marr hasn't researched his comments. How sad.

[@horseman6468]

This pair are whistling past the graveyard ,afraid of what may be lurking over the wall. Well their bogeyman is called Nigel and he's coming for them and their kind.

[@mikyblueeyes3155]

Farage should be asked how much he made from currency trading during the brexshit campaign.

[@latest3dsgames]

Marr is deluded and out of touch .We are all voting Reform

[@Suve35967]

Vote Reform Save your country. 🤸🌹👍

[@knightsnight5929]

Are there really enough elderly racists for reform to make a real break through?

[@kennethferland5579]

Sorry Russia can not be saved.

[@chuck1804]

​@@knightsnight5929Is there anyone on the left who even knows what a racist is?

[@Kushdeeskates]

​@@knightsnight5929 Labour still has internal racism problems and has a racist candidate in Clacton.

[@hodgebodge]

Reform are in second place with 18-24s. It's 30-50 year olds they are doing badly with. The future of British political demographics aren't as simple as you think.​@@knightsnight5929

[@rhythmstic]

Farage was right, he usually is. People know this.

[@a70770]

Wasn't right about brexit. He said it would reduce immigration yet the stats say that brexit caused a ten fold increase.

[@lesleynewman3399]

James Cleverly! Really! Is that the best the Tories have 😅

[@williamkeys6782]

FARAGE is absolutely right, and who gives a fig about Boris JOHNSON. VOTE Farage and be on the right side of history.

[@memoman1962]

Vote Reform UK. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

Reform are appropriately named. Like the ingredients on McD chicken nuggets. Reformed, mechanically separated pieces of ukip skin, brexit-party bones and BNP connective tissue.

[@davesimpson5702]

Very Funny - but simply an impotent comment

[@trulymental7651]

​@@davesimpson5702 I thought it summed reform up perfectly. Unfortunately there does seem to be a fair few people that have learnt nothing from history.

[@Visherex]

Comment of the day

[@davesimpson5702]

@@trulymental7651 Learning from history is indeed critical although every new event is not identical. The World is a very different place now for some key reasons now so direct historical comparisons are always of limited value

[@trulymental7651]

@@davesimpson5702 uh , second world war. The Tories in the 80s And more recently Brexit.. Just for starters... They don't say history repeats itself for nothing, they rely on people's ignorance and forgetfulness. Farage is the Sun,Express,Mail personified, Murdochs wet dream , which is why he is everywhere all the time 😀

[@Whoisafraidofreality]

Define left and right

[@jamiecorrigan3241]

VOTE REFORM UK ~~~ THE ONLY WAY TO PUT ~~~ ''THE GREAT'' ~~~ BACK INTO BRITAIN. OUR VOTE IS OUR VOICE ~~~ UNITE AND DRIVE ~~~ ''THE RATS'' ~~~ OUT OF PARLIAMENT. REFORM UK SONG ON CLEMCORR !!!

[@nevajism]

vote reform

[@janethird1173]

Nigel is doing well without the big News channels.

[@user-s1o3nr532]

Культ личности

[@CTE-hs2qe]

He hasn’t lost the right!! We’re right here and were VOTING for Reform UK 🇬🇧

[@worthalook4870]

You won’t stop farage - give up 😎

[@oitoitoi1]

no thanks traitor.

[@unbabunga229]

@@oitoitoi1he’s not left wing so cannot be a traitor

[@Ianbolton]

He always fails. He'll be back into retirement soon enough.

[@JohnSmall314]

The old "resistance is futile" argument eh! Farage will get a sizable portion of the country to vote for him, but his appeal is restricted to the dim and badly informed. It's a problem that about 1 in 3 people are so dim and badly informed they'll vote fascist, either Tory or Reform. But the disaster of Brexit will taint Farage forever so he'll never amount to anything more than a rabble rouser on the sidelines. He's a modern day Oswald Mosley (look him up if you don't know the history)

[@williammunny4679]

Little Andy has his instructions from Alistair.

[@MalkWilliams]

Andrew, your summation of the transgender side of that argument as masked thugs chasing women down the road calling them fascists is deplorable. There are vicious things being said and done by people on both sides of that argument; it is incredibly heated and bitter, and has been made so by politicians and the press. Rowling has caused a great deal of harm, and although she always tries to frame her comments as "reasonable concerns", she also denied and derided the idea that transgender people were persecuted by the Nazis, when the fact that they were is well-documented. In the mean time, a lot of people are being harmed in the crossfire, and being treated as a political football. It's rather difficult for any politician, from any party, to take a nuanced, balanced position on the subject, when a journalist as high profile as yourself presents it in such stark and prejudicial terms. I expect better from you.

[@rachulus5897]

I think to understand the government position on trans people you just need to read Erin in the morns short essay on the class review. Abigail thorn one of britains most prominent trans women has also said the current policy is abusive and shadow conversion therapy and I'm personally of the view that people within the nhs and government should face charges for the a medical and political care they're providing

[@jackoh991]

Well said

[@MalkWilliams]

@rachulus5897 I saw the interview Abigail Thorn did with Nish Kumar and Coco Khan on Pod Save the UK a few weeks ago. It was interesting and enlightening. I'd rather see people educated and persuaded than facing charges though (although with some politicians I see your point).

[@jannerick2]

The British press have collectively become anti-trans extremists. I was shocked and disappointed by Marr. I think this is the final nail in the coffin for me when it comes to the New Statesman. The British left is rife with this.

[@Dan_1348]

Your comment is just as partial. You just decide to take offense at JKs tweets instead of the masked protestors

[@user-iz9co4qf6z]

Kier Starmer is the Gareth Southgate of politics.

[@nickharper9035]

Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome. VOTE FOR REFORM AND MARCH WITH TOMMY

[@edwardmiller3859]

Utter rot, farage has captured the right

[@DJWHITE_]

Politicians should have no ‘friends’ in the media. They should be friends with who they represent.

[@TS-hn2us]

VOTE REFORM

[@matthewframpton8737]

Even before looking into their actual policies - I'll take a government of ANY colour that brings integrity and honesty over this corrupt Conservative administration at this point. And Starmer seems to me to me to be trying to do just that. Labour all the way with a Liberal Democratic opposition to keem them socially progressive!!

[@BenJ2020]

This didn't age well, did it? Suspending a candidate for betting on himself losing 😂 They are all the same

[@matthewframpton8737]

@@BenJ2020 i think you missed the point my friend.

[@dapfordvondappington8306]

@@BenJ2020 Suspended within hours and it does not look like there was any insider knowledge with regards to the bet. If you cannot see the difference in the two situations I honestly do not know what to say. Three weeks vs three hours, looks like they are not all the same after all.

[@BenJ2020]

@dapfordvondappington8306 you don't know it was within hours that's not been released yet. My point is Labour acting holier than thou, it's full of hypocrites, Rayner wanting to ban the right to buy all while profiting from it or lecturing the civil service about credit card use proceeds to spend 2k at Apple for an iPad and 2 pairs personalised air pods apparently to work from home a microsoft surface tablet at 250 quid and a 30 quid headset from amazon was too common. Or Starmer didn't back Brexit then did, flip-flopped on abbot, didn't know what a woman was then suddenly does, he went to private school now wants to charge VAT for other people to have the same benefit he did.

[@neodym5809]

@@BenJ2020getting desperate?

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

I only dont like his shilling for israel..