Sir Nigel Farage?

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I hear today that some total misguideds think that Nigel Farage merits a knighthood - or indeed a peerage!

Honest to God - these people are dangerous. Utter misguided lunancy - nothing could be more designed to crash the honours system into total disrepute. The guy is a disgraceful, lying conman. He is no hero. He has done NOTHING for this country or the people of this country that merits ANY honour.
 
I don't like the guy at all but he didn't become an MEP by being despised by everyone, and he didn't become the leader of UKIP by not appealing to more than one or two people. The Leave campaign was not run on whimsical fairy dust, and appealed to a significant cross section of the population.

And an honours system that can give an OBE to a Parish counsellor in some obscure village can surely recognise someone like Farage, however distasteful his politics is.
 
Like him or loath him, you cannot argue that he has been instrumental in shaping Uk politics for the next few years

Whether that is a good thing remains to be seen

He remains highly influential , he has the incoming US presidents ear, and is seeking a role somewhere.

I get the feeling that we have not heard the last of him, but as regards a knighthood, seeing as he is anti- establishment and it is the establishment that picks the honours,
then I just dont see it.
 
A racist bigot knighted - well if Trump can be Potus I'll never rule anything out
 
PhilTheFragger said:
I get the feeling that we have not heard the last of him, but as regards a knighthood, seeing as he is anti- establishment and it is the establishment that picks the honours,
then I just dont see it.
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Totally. He seems to have managed t make politics relevant to swathes of the UK population, while dividing opinion at the same time. He'll be back but not sure he's the first name you'd think of for such an establishment recognition
 
Hobbit said:
I don't like the guy at all but he didn't become an MEP by being despised by everyone,
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He is a MEP for the UK to present the interest of the UK and he doesn't attend parliament In what he is supposed to do,and paid to do, he is totally useless. So he probably gets an honour at some point.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
I hear today that some total misguideds think that Nigel Farage merits a knighthood - or indeed a peerage!

Honest to God - these people are dangerous. Utter misguided lunancy - nothing could be more designed to crash the honours system into total disrepute. The guy is a disgraceful, lying conman. He is no hero. He has done NOTHING for this country or the people of this country that merits ANY honour.
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Probably the most successful UK politician alive. You say he has done nothing for this country well I disagree, he is responsible for the UK leaving the EU.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
I hear today that some total misguideds think that Nigel Farage merits a knighthood - or indeed a peerage!

Honest to God - these people are dangerous. Utter misguided lunancy - nothing could be more designed to crash the honours system into total disrepute. The guy is a disgraceful, lying conman. He is no hero. He has done NOTHING for this country or the people of this country that merits ANY honour.
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I guess that makes me a dangerous lunatic. 👍
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
I hear today that some total misguideds think that Nigel Farage merits a knighthood - or indeed a peerage!

Honest to God - these people are dangerous. Utter misguided lunancy - nothing could be more designed to crash the honours system into total disrepute. The guy is a disgraceful, lying conman. He is no hero. He has done NOTHING for this country or the people of this country that merits ANY honour.
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I will tell you why he should be honoured.
The people of this country decided by majority in two referendums to enter into and stay in a trading union. We did not, at any time, vote to be part of a federal Europe and everything that goes with it. We were taken down this path by successive governments despite the obvious and grave reservations of the British people. I am 57 years old and I have never been given my chance to have my say. Farage, almost on his own, gave me and others who shared these reservations along with all those who wanted to remain our first and only opportunity to have our say on this cornerstone of British political policy. That alone, no matter what the result of the referendum, was worth an honour.
He took on the political establishment and won. He won your voice for you on this issue as well as mine for me. Just because you don't like the result of the referendum he won for us and continually bleat on about it is irrelevant. It was clearly relevant for the majority.
I am, frankly astounded that you chose an honour for Farage as an example that would crash the honours system into total disrepute. To use your phrase Honest to God. No mention of Fred "the shred" Goodwin, Jimmy Saville, Robert Mugabe, Antony Blunt, Mussolini, Ceacescu, Philip Green....
 
Sweep said:
I will tell you why he should be honoured.
The people of this country decided by majority in two referendums to enter into and stay in a trading union. We did not, at any time, vote to be part of a federal Europe and everything that goes with it. We were taken down this path by successive governments despite the obvious and grave reservations of the British people. I am 57 years old and I have never been given my chance to have my say. Farage, almost on his own, gave me and others who shared these reservations along with all those who wanted to remain our first and only opportunity to have our say on this cornerstone of British political policy. That alone, no matter what the result of the referendum, was worth an honour.
He took on the political establishment and won. He won your voice for you on this issue as well as mine for me. Just because you don't like the result of the referendum he won for us and continually bleat on about it is irrelevant. It was clearly relevant for the majority.
I am, frankly astounded that you chose an honour for Farage as an example that would crash the honours system into total disrepute. To use your phrase Honest to God. No mention of Fred "the shred" Goodwin, Jimmy Saville, Robert Mugabe, Antony Blunt, Mussolini, Ceacescu, Philip Green....
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Totally agree with all of this I would just add the guy in charge of the foreign aid budget has just been knighted he has made a complete mess of this department and has just got a slap on the wrist by having one of his projects stopped.
knighthood now is not what it used to be to many no marks given the highest honour for just doing their job.
 
Sweep said:
I will tell you why he should be honoured.
The people of this country decided by majority in two referendums to enter into and stay in a trading union. We did not, at any time, vote to be part of a federal Europe and everything that goes with it. We were taken down this path by successive governments despite the obvious and grave reservations of the British people. I am 57 years old and I have never been given my chance to have my say. Farage, almost on his own, gave me and others who shared these reservations along with all those who wanted to remain our first and only opportunity to have our say on this cornerstone of British political policy. That alone, no matter what the result of the referendum, was worth an honour.
He took on the political establishment and won. He won your voice for you on this issue as well as mine for me. Just because you don't like the result of the referendum he won for us and continually bleat on about it is irrelevant. It was clearly relevant for the majority.
I am, frankly astounded that you chose an honour for Farage as an example that would crash the honours system into total disrepute. To use your phrase Honest to God. No mention of Fred "the shred" Goodwin, Jimmy Saville, Robert Mugabe, Antony Blunt, Mussolini, Ceacescu, Philip Green....
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Also whilst he was/is an MEP he has failed in his duties to represent the UK on the extremely important fisheries commission

And the guy isn't even an MP - he didn't even get enough votes from his own constituency

Farage has no honour - the man is a disgrace and a bigot
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Also whilst he was/is an MEP he has failed in his duties to represent the UK on the extremely important fisheries commission

And the guy isn't even an MP - he didn't even get enough votes from his own constituency

Farage has no honour - the man is a disgrace and a bigot
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But as the saying goes "one man's meat is another man's poison" virtually singlehandedly he achieved his stated aim of persuading the majority of voters to leave the EU - not many politicians can claim to have left such a legacy. That's not to say I'd give him a knighthood
 
chrisd said:
But as the saying goes "one man's meat is another man's poison" virtually singlehandedly he achieved his stated aim of persuading the majority of voters to leave the EU - not many politicians can claim to have left such a legacy. That's not to say I'd give him a knighthood
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So are you saying people voted to leave the EU because of Farage ( an MEP who failed the UK in his duties as an MEP )
 
chrisd said:
But as the saying goes "one man's meat is another man's poison" virtually singlehandedly he achieved his stated aim of persuading the majority of voters to leave the EU - not many politicians can claim to have left such a legacy. That's not to say I'd give him a knighthood
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Mostly by lying
 
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