Election Year or Fear!

[Geoff Parkstone]

Ta GP. What was Farridge's reply?

Its taken forever to do this, what with site keep kicking me out and demanding more verifications, but:

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The Reform leader responded: "I think there was a civil case, not a criminal case, am I right or am I wrong? Thank you." He was referring to a US District Court ruling in New York, which saw jurors find Mr Trump had ***ually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s.

In June Mr Trump lost a federal court legal appeal over the ruling. He became the first US President to be convicted of felony crimes in 2024 after a jury found him guilty of all 34 charges over hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, who said they had *** while he was married.

He was also facing criminal charges accusing him of trying to illegally overturn the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden. He was accused of conspiracy to defraud the US and conspiracy against the rights of citizens.

Despite the conviction and the questions about Mr Trump's conduct, Mr Farage was clear that his pal is not the sort of person he was referring to when he hit out at foreign offenders.

"I'm talking about huge numbers of undocumented young males who throw their iPhones and their passports into the English Channel as they reach the 12 mile line," Mr Farage clarified.

He said many of these men are from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Eritrea - countries where he said women "aren't even second class citizens". Mr Farage went on: "We will be talking over the next couple of weeks about the direct link between people like that from those backgrounds and the rise in ***ual violence against women and girls in this country."

Asked whether his relations with Donald Trump have cooled, Nigel Farage claimed that rocking up to Scotland to talk to his friend "wouldn't work". He claimed: "I'm in a slightly awkward position now, or he's in a slightly awkward position with me. You know, I can't just bowl up on a friendly trip for diplomatic reasons, you know, whilst he's there with the Prime Minister negotiating steel tariffs and much else, it just doesn't work."

The Reform leader went on: "I'm in good terms with the administration. My relationship with Trump has always been one of friendship, but right at the moment, diplomatically, it doesn't really work."

[MadAmster]

Asked whether his relations with Donald Trump have cooled, Nigel Farage claimed that rocking up to Scotland to talk to his friend "wouldn't work". He claimed: "I'm in a slightly awkward position now, or he's in a slightly awkward position with me. You know, I can't just bowl up on a friendly trip for diplomatic reasons, you know, whilst he's there with the Prime Minister negotiating steel tariffs and much else, it just doesn't work."

Just maybe, as you feel it inappropriate to "rock up in Scotland", you might be able to "rock up" in your Clacton constituency for once...

[Andy_Faber]

Just maybe, as you feel it inappropriate to "rock up in Scotland", you might be able to "rock up" in your Clacton constituency for once...

Have you spoken to any Clacton constituents to see if they're bothered? My impression is that they see a bigger picture

[ramAnag]

Have you spoken to any Clacton constituents to see if they're bothered? My impression is that they see a bigger picture

I suspect MA has much the same knowledge of the average Clactonian as the rest of us.
Maybe worth pointing out though that, in terms of ethnicity, the town is 95.3% white and 1.6% Asian but has a 64% higher crime rate than the average for Es*ex with violent crime and *ex offences featuring particularly highly. Make of it what you will.