welshbairn Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 1 minute ago, BILmac1967 said: As an aside, iv;e never seen any of those far right headlines and images anywhere but on here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, BILmac1967 said: So you need to be elected to be on the telly? As an aside, iv;e never seen any of those far right headlines and images anywhere but on here. No, however given he's been continually rejected by the electorate, it could seem there's an agenda at work by having him on 35 times. Would your local defeated candidates get that amount of exposure? You should read more then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILmac1967 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 1 minute ago, carpetmonster said: No, however given he's been continually rejected by the electorate, it could seem there's an agenda at work by having him on 35 times. Would your local defeated candidates get that amount of exposure? You should read more then. I never said Farage should get more exposure, I pointed out that when he spoke, he was chased. 1 minute ago, carpetmonster said: No, however given he's been continually rejected by the electorate, it could seem there's an agenda at work by having him on 35 times. Would your local defeated candidates get that amount of exposure? You should read more then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 1 minute ago, BILmac1967 said: I never said Farage should get more exposure, I pointed out that when he spoke, he was chased. Which, again, doesn't mean that he's being denied free speech. He picked an audience who didn't particularly want to hear it. If they don't have the right to tell him to go and f**k himself, then they're being denied free speech. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILmac1967 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 21 minutes ago, carpetmonster said: Which, again, doesn't mean that he's being denied free speech. He picked an audience who didn't particularly want to hear it. If they don't have the right to tell him to go and f**k himself, then they're being denied free speech. The people who chased him weren't his audience, they turned up to disrupt an advertised appearance. And you presume that the people who chased him couldn't be wrong? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Just now, BILmac1967 said: The people who chased him weren't his audience, they turned up to disrupt an advertised appearance. And you presume that the people who chased him couldn't be wrong? I'd presume they'll have been wrong about many things, as most humans are, however they're still exercising their own free speech by telling Farage to f**k off. If anything it's the right who are looking to chill free speech; note the Tories' deciding to make peaceful protest punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and the Republicans banning books from school and library systems in the US. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, BILmac1967 said: The people who chased him weren't his audience, they turned up to disrupt an advertised appearance. And you presume that the people who chased him couldn't be wrong? Again, you think barracking a politician you disapprove of is the same as throwing petrol bombs into an asylum seeker's reception centre? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 23 minutes ago, BILmac1967 said: The people who chased him weren't his audience, they turned up to disrupt an advertised appearance. And you presume that the people who chased him couldn't be wrong? Advertised? He didn't even tell the publican about his proposed stunt! https://www.scotsman.com/news/nigel-farage-forced-flee-edinburghs-royal-mile-1574977 "As the hubbub increased to a roar, it was time for the publican, who had no inkling of the press conference until contacted by the police two hours before, to intervene." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 These wee alias rats are funny. Too scared to use their normal account on a site that's anonymous anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 1 hour ago, FreedomFarter said: These wee alias rats are funny. Too scared to use their normal account on a site that's anonymous anyway. FreedomFarter captures the mood of the board. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 7 hours ago, BILmac1967 said: Never heard of it, educate me, briefly. It is quite obvious to all that you already have been. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 So which previously banned flange is this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Farage was allowed to leave Embra alive, with all his appendages intact. I'd say that's pretty tolerant, considering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Were the pupils of Larkhall Academy who recently chased off an alleged (in case the lawyers are watching) 'Nazi recruiter' denying him free speech? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Weirdos, from country with huge global diaspora, somewhat resistant to immigration. https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2022/11/14/news/five_hospitalised_following_large_altercation_at_hotel_hosting_far-right_party_event-2904269/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Clown Job Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10menwent2mow Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Not entirely sure the Daily Mail are telling the whole truth when he was asked about being called Mick Grinch. https://twitter.com/SaulStaniforth/status/1595112572725780481?t=BBhowFVZCE1w1cjxtSvzUw&s=19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Won’t somebody please think of the private schools 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Clown Job said: Won’t somebody please think of the private schools Hmmm... Must confess to being a bit conflicted here. What's the difference between paying fees and moving into the catchment area of a "better" state school by buying an expensive home that "ordinary" folk couldn't afford? As I heard (dunno if it's true) that a Labour education convener in Edinburgh did... Boroughmuir, I seem to recall. Will the state also ban aspirational parents from buying extra-curricular tuition for their kids? If it is not tax free presumably that unfair advantage for the parents of better off kids is fine and dandy. So that's ok then. Is it? Taking away the vat aspect purifies the inequality? Don't think so. Education - like (laughably) religion - has been seen in tax terms as a public good, therefore justifiably in receipt of tax breaks. If questionable benefits to wider society are the the determining factor for tax breaks I'd much rather that religion lost its tax advantages first. I am a member of a Scottish charity which has education as a major aspect of its charitable status justification and none of it relies on myths and legends or claiming knowledge about the origins of the universe that, frankly, no mammal can possibly "know" to be true. Maths and physics delivered in a particular sort of school - no tax break. Burning bushes, talking snakes and women turning into salt - tax break? GTF! Yes, drink has been taken. Danger of a rant developing so I'm off to my kip! Oidhche mhath! Edited November 29, 2022 by Salt n Vinegar 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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