Farage wants your rage, not your future

Farage's prime concern isn't 'delivering the goods as promised', if his party were ever to achieve power. Which is as well, because of course he couldn't. Rather, it's an attempt to nurture hope and optimism in ordinary folk who don't feel much of either, and who haven't felt that way for quite a long time now. On the calculation that if he can succeed in that with enough potential voters, their backing might just get him where he wants to be - dwelling in Downing Street, SW1.

Spot on. He's a con man and the quicker the people of Wales see this the better.

Pin him down on Q+A. He folds fast when you have the facts on this grifter. He doesnt like scrutiny when he is held to account. His one feather in his cap is brexit. That is all the press need to know and work on but they give this shyster a wide berth.

People in Wales fell for his Brexit lies let’s not fall for his Senedd lies. He’s just an attention seeker like his mate Trump.

You have accurately summed up the snake oil salesman and his acolytes.

This fabulous article should be pinned up in every polling station in Cymru next May with voters being strongly advised to read it and heed it before casting their ballot. However, if anyone still needs telling about what this lowlife is and the destruction he would bring to all life here, then I quote the final lines of ‘Vincent’ by Don McLean, ‘They would not listen, they’re not listening still. Perhaps they never will’.

He's not even the MP for Clacton. He just used the seat to get elected. He's never there, he's so scared of his constituents he won't even hold surgeries. The emptiest of hollow men.

The basic questions ● What policies would they prioritise? ● How would they fund them? ● How would they balance the books within the financial constraints of devolution? ...could be sent to Plaid, the Tories, Lib dems and arguably even Labour and none of them could provide a straight answer. Politicians and Journalists such as those on Nation Cymru spend far too much time spent talking about polls, criticising other parties, and not enough on how to improve matters for the future and what is actually at stake

This is as good a piece written on Farage that I have seen anywhere. Please copy and paste this across social media, as how can even his most loyal trolls deny the truths written through this excellent opinion article.

Bring what on? Have you not read the article at all? Farage lied through his teeth yesterday, deliberately misleading some of our poorest communities that he could in any way deliver what he promised. He is repeating the same behaviour that led to brexit, again lying about the consequences of leaving the EU, particularly to these very same communities who had most to lose.

I don't see any panic. What I do see are the lies of this vile grifter being exposed.

Well said, but is anybody listening, they see the banner but not the content, the portrait gallery is like the Fry's Chocolate Boys, it hardly puts one off chocolate... It is essential that Colours are pinned to the Mast...

The stock argument, from Reform supporters, to articles like this is, "People are fed up with the established parties and want change." Well they'll certainly get change if they vote Reform. If they think it's bad now, wait until Farage gets control. He's promising jam today and jam tomorrow based on vagaries, with no policies or ability to deliver. Owen Williams, Martin Shipman, I salute you both for your articles exposing this blatant conman. More please.

A vote for Reform UK in Wales is a wasted vote. Egotist Nigel Farage throughout his career has always put self-interest first not national interest. That's what populists always do. Just look at the economic & democratic disaster Brexit has done to Wales. Does he care. Like hell he does. Anyway, we've already experienced what it's like to have Farage's party's in office. Remember those useless Ukip and Brexit Party AMs? I do. 7 Ukip AMs were elected under the then list system. And during their time in the then Welsh Assembly did absolutely nothing positive for Wales or their constituents. They spent their time undermining Wales, arguing and bickering, jumping party, and did absolutely nothing for their wage only to be kicked out of the Senedd. A total waste of space. So electing Reform is like sprinkling sawdust on vomit. It's still a puddle of sick beneath with. thin vail to cover up the stench. Don't Welsh voters realise this, or are they that desperate, some might say stupid? So Farage can promise and pledge all he likes. He knows he cannot come up with the goods. His wishlist is written on a fag packet in the Cock & Bull. And if voters in Wales embraces its abuser will pay the price. They always do

I haven't read anywhere which convinces me that Nigel Farage's visit PT (to announce the reopening of the blasts) is anything other than an exercise in the political promotion. The messaging was red meat, stir the blood stuff: "open the blasts, mine the coal, well paid jobs". As has been pointed out on here already, the coal for PT has been imported for decades (I have seen this as a PT native): juggling the economics to produce coal, then steel, and with the offer of well paid jobs seems real sky-pie, cake-and-eat-it territory to me. I would hope that any costings that Reform have for this are scrutinised, but suspect the detail of it does not exist. It is surely just a blood-and-thunder exercise in exploiting emotion and existing grievances in a wounded town: the true domain of populism. It cannot be just assumed that Reform can somehow come up with the golden solution they are offering, and without the detail, that has been missed already.

...and it's likely that this is something he thrives on: simply being discussed, for good or ill, and oxygenating the debate and his publicity ! I will pipe down about him from here on ... :)

There is a social contract between State and Citizen. Since the post war Labour government we have had particular expectations about the work we do, the taxes we pay and the services we receive in return. Lately, the stressess and strains upon the UK have splintered into fissures and are increasingly opening up into wide fractures. The social contract is breaking under the strain of bad governance. Does anyone believe that Farage will restore the broken social contract or dysfunctional state?

The problem is will people see past the lies or just vote for the clown anyway to spite the other parties? It happened during brexit - supposedly to get back at the establishment, so I wouldn't be surprised if some people to do it again. Regardless of the hurt it may cause them.

What we need in Wales is a self-sufficient economy and not an industrial one. Don't tell me that we are not capable of having a self-sufficient economy, look at Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ireland, the Nordic countries. What does Wales benefit form being part of the UK: a London-centric economy where the rest of the UK get all the crumbs? Re-opening the steelworks and coal mines, more jobs to Wales yes that is great. However will they be British owned or Welsh owned, or will they be owned by foreign multinational corporations? Will they have a stake in Welsh economic interests? In the 21st century traditional industrial jobs are increasingly unsustainable in the face of automation, global competition, and rising costs. Trying to recreate the past won't deliver lasting prosperity, it will only distracts from the urgent need to build a resilient, future-ready economy. We need a strong Welsh economy needs homegrown businesses, community ownership, innovation and long-term investment that stays rooted in Wales. Not just factories, industrialised roles or call centres. Does Farage really care about Wales, or any other politician in Westminster for that matter? He doesn't even appear to know what it means to be Welsh.... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vess6Yhqxno

Farage didn’t stand in front of the £350 million bus. That was Boris, Gove et al.

Excellent article, I hope it is widely shared.