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   Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 06:14:31 JST Mrs Cloudy

   The English are weird. Farage. FFS. Why the fascination? It's unfathomable.

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     Peter Brown (peterbrown@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 15:41:07 JST Peter Brown

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     @CloudyMrs not sure if it’s the English or just to BBC platforming him

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     Linda (lassielmr@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 18:04:54 JST Linda

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     @CloudyMrs tend not to think the majority adore him, but there is still this section in society who still think like colonialists and of England ruling the world and are racist towards anyone not white English. If they were in the USA they’d be the MAGA mob. The less educated wear it on their sleeve, the politically aware hide it behind closed doors. He manipulates the former and the latter fund him. Sadly the BBC platform him - something I’ve never understood.

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     Colin H. (glaswolf@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 18:32:05 JST Colin H.

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     @CloudyMrs There's a lot to unpack with Farage, but I remain utterly perplexed as to how anyone can listen to a public school educated millionaire ex-stockbroker rant about "the elite" and "the establishment" and think him in any way credible.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:20:55 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     @capnthommo but why? Scots are also horrified, but only the absolute loonies would consider anything other than chasing him out of town. He's odious. In England, they bussed themselves in from all over the place and made a day of it. The media turned up in droves to record his every bile filled utterance and they're insisting on sharing the whole thing, UK wide.

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     Stoneface Vimes (capnthommo@c.im)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:20:56 JST Stoneface Vimes

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     @CloudyMrs it's like unsubtle horror movies. People are horrified but at the same time can't look away and have to keep returning, like a dog to it's vomit, to their own folly.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:22:26 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Linda

     @Lassielmr Scotland has its share of the kind of folk you describe. To date, his particular brand of nasty has never made any inroads here.

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     Nick (nicksalt@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:24:01 JST Nick

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     @CloudyMrs Farage is a minority representative, the Green Party have far more support, yet he is paraded all over the media and they are largely ignored. He also knows what to say to get your racist aunt or uncle to think that their less savoury views are acceptable to start spewing in public...

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:24:01 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Nick

     @nicksalt Farage attracted a crowd of fans and a band of fawning media gonks. Not the reception he gets in Scotland, to say the least.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:25:22 JST Mrs Cloudy

     • Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

     @MadeyeTheCarnaptious Fucking shocking. That's the only acceptable response to everything BBCQT.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:25:51 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Angie 🇵🇸🇺🇦

     @angiebaby if that's all it is, I'm willing to crack a whip or two.

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     Angie 🇵🇸🇺🇦 (angiebaby@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:25:52 JST Angie 🇵🇸🇺🇦

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     @CloudyMrs

     Dominatrices are expensive in this economy, and British men have to scratch their humiliation itch somehow

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:47:39 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Peter Brown

     @peterbrown I don't think it's everyone in England, but the fact that he doesn't get chased out of town, does tell its own story.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:48:46 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Angie 🇵🇸🇺🇦

     @angiebaby also, England isn't the UK.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:51:06 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Rage Rumbles 🏴‍☠️🫂 🔞

     @black_flag BBC seems to think its a question worth hearing.

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     Rage Rumbles 🏴‍☠️🫂 🔞 (black_flag@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:51:07 JST Rage Rumbles 🏴‍☠️🫂 🔞

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     @CloudyMrs What do you mean? Isn't "all refugees should be drowned in the sea" a reasonable policy? 🤔

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:53:45 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Linda

     @Lassielmr He will get a bigger platform either way. He's been bought to be a figure head. Where he does that job is almost irrelevant.

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     Linda (lassielmr@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:53:46 JST Linda

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     @CloudyMrs the danger is if he wins Clacton he will have a bigger platform and you can see Reform getting greater traction in England. Just need to look at Le Pen and Wilders in France & the Netherlands. Been a slow burn but they do have considerable support. Add to that the influence from the far right in the USA which will only increase if Trump is sucessful.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 03:56:17 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Colin H.

     @GlasWolf same playbook as the heir of a dubiously gained fortune, shouting about draining a swamp. They're following the same steps.

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     Colin H. (glaswolf@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 05:10:38 JST Colin H.

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     @CloudyMrs But why does anyone believe them? I guess there really is one born every minute.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 13:52:06 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Colin H.

     @GlasWolf because they hear someone 'famous' saying what they already think and they feel validated.