Blade wrote:Whether you like Farage or not, one thing he has got is a consistent message.....
Presumably you will be referring to him having built his career on consistently wanting Brexit ?
bb41 wrote:At the minute Mr Farage is doing everyone a favour whether you agree with him or not . ....
He is the one character with a clear simple and consistent sounding message, that makes it easy for a lot of people to identify with.
Labour & conservatives have lost huge swathes of their electorate to him, because he gave them what they wanted to hear simply & unambiguously. Seeing his win as a protest vote, & sending the other parties a loud message that confidence in the current political system is lost, may turn out to be "a favour".
However his career based message of "Brexit", to me is simply a slogan or a euphemism.
Imho it is voted for as an expression of dissatisfaction. They are voting with a genuine & heartfelt desire to change & control situations that are concerning them, that they feel powerless to affect under the current system.
I personally have a deal of respect with those of you who therefore vote that way.! Furthermore you're making the effort & voting ( better than the apathetic plebs who don't even bother to express a view because they don't / can't care ).
However, as I wrote above, imho Brexit is not "a thing" it's a slogan/euphemism.
You "want out of Europe".??? -What do you suggest, we all "up anchor" & start paddling out into the Atlantic towards the USA.! Obviously not, We are where we are.
So Blade, BB41, Rossgo, Monty etc,,, please ask yourselves what does it actually mean to you, when you say you want out of Europe.