Nigel Farage

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Nigel Farage, MEP is the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), which has actually garnered meaningful numbers of votes from British voters who consider themselves not quite racist enough to vote for the British National Party — despite the obvious drawback of Farage permanently looking like a startled toad. UKIP is actually a backronym, as the party is actually named for the stultifying dullness of its promotional output.

Farage was injured in a plane crash in May 2010. This was due to the plane, a PZL-104 Wilga 35A for plane nerds, being an Eastern European immigrant.[1]

Farage stood down as leader of UKIP to contest speaker John Bercow's safe Conservative[2] seat of Buckingham, despite the long tradition that the Speaker stand unopposed. The effect of Farage standing was identical to Bercow standing unopposed.

UKIP make a lot of noise about financial probity, so it will come as no surprise that Farage has reneged on his promise to publish his MEP allowances quarterly, as debated at length with Ian Hislop on Have I Got News For You (series 44, episode 5) while repeatedly calling Denis MacShane a "scumbag" (which is fair enough).

Farage has attracted criticism from retired Conservative politician Norman Tebbit (who agrees with him on most matters of substance) pointing to considerable disaffection within the higher echelons of the Conservative Party.[3]

He is basically Ron Paul done the English way: badly and on a budget. Farage also writes articles and opinion pieces for The Independent of all places, occasionally attracting the ire of some readers.[4]

[edit] Pronunciation

Nigel himself prefers to call himself "FurAAJ," whereas any down-to-earth patriotic Englishman would just say "Bucket" "Farridge".

The irony of a Eurosceptic adopting a pseudo-French version of his surname for snob value appears to be lost on him.

The surname is also curiously similar to the Malay word for vagina, "faraj".

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. Poland, if you're wondering.
  2. OK, so technically he was running not as a Conservative, but as the speaker seeking reelection. Whatever.
  3. UKIP, Treason and Plot, Critical Reaction
  4. And yes, this exists.
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