Nigel Farage brands LGBT activists 'filth' and 'scum'

[Chippiewill]

Nigel Farage brands LGBT activists 'filth' and 'scum' and accuses them of scaring away his children after they invade his local pub

The Ukip leader Nigel Farage branded a group of LGBT rights protesters “filth” and “scum” after they invaded a pub where he was having lunch with his family – apparently causing his children to run away.

Campaigners claiming to represent “those who have been targeted by Ukip” planned to stage a demonstration of around 100 people at Mr Farage’s local pub in the village of Downe in Kent.

When they realised the Ukip leader was actually at another pub across the road, they ran across and “took the cabaret of diversity into that pub” instead, according to the activists.

Mr Farage was pictured leaving the pub through a throng of people to his waiting car, after which protesters chased him down the road and tried to jump on the car’s bonnet.

The politician claimed to be in the pub with his wife and two younger children, aged 15 and 10, when the activists wearing fancy dress came in.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/nigel-farage-brands-lgbt-activists-scum-after-they-invade-his-local-pub-and-scare-away-his-children-10126032.html

Shame on Nigel, people have a right to protest him.

[MKR&*42]

Tbf I'm all for a peaceful protest, but this wasn't that.

If he branded all LGBT as scum then yes absolutely he's bat crap crazy, but if he's just branding this group scum then I don't disagree. From the guardian article:


Farage was with his wife and two younger children when the demonstrators arrived at the George & Dragon pub. As he tried to leave, at least one protester jumped on the bonnet of his car.

The demonstrators said Farage pushed through them to get into the car and was then chased down the road.

Farage said afterwards: “I hope these ‘demonstrators’ are proud of themselves. My children were so scared by their behaviour that they ran away to hide.”

Jumping onto his car is out of the question, you shouldn't be doing that. And harassing him whilst his family (inc. children) are with him and scaring them is also out of the question, those protesters were a moronic bunch.

[-:Undertaker:-]

It's the same sort of far-left lunatic nutters who in the 1980s during the Thatcher Government were spotted across the country at various 'spontaneous' anti-government protests giving rise to the twin phrases rent-a-mob and professional protestors. Funnily enough generally you never see right wingers shouting down their opposition. I'd bet my left nut and my right nut that they're involved with the UAF, Greens, Socialist Worker's Party and Greenpeace. Y'know the type, smelly and unwashed, long hair that is dyed the colours of the rainbow, piercings in the nose, wears sandals and eats tofu.

Anyway, what are the LGBTXYZ protestors going after Farage for? They'd be better protesting outside their local mosque.. and then see what happens.

[GommeInc]

Looks like these supposed LGBT activists were actually as he described. Filth and scum. Jumping on his vehicle, harrassing him and his family... What are they trying to prove?

[-:Undertaker:-]

Oops I spoke too soon...

http://nopenothope.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/scum-mob-lead-by-green-party-member-and.html


The mob which attacked UKIP leader Nigel Farage in a Kent pub was lead by Green Party member and 'Stand up to UKIP' activist Dan Glass and PCS Union NEC member and Hope not Hate activist Zita Holbourne, it can be revealed.

Holbourne was recently pictured at the House of Commons with Labour MPs Chukka Umunna and Diane Abbott (not really a surprise, is it?). She appeared on a platform at the TUC conference with PCS Deputy President Kevin McHugh vowing to 'develop campaigns with Hope not Hate and Unite Against Fascism' to stop UKIP. Is this the sort of action they had in mind, attacking a family while they ate lunch? Intimidating a couple of teenage girls?

Holbourne is a co-chair of BARAC (black activists rising against cuts) with Lee Jasper. Regular readers may remember Jasper as a former deputy mayor of London until leaving under a financial cloud after being accused of using the public's money to make unauthorised grants to an organisation run by a woman he was banging. He also regularly appears on platforms with Green Party leader Natalie Bennett and with Jasna Badzak, the fraudster currently awaiting trial on harassment charges following her conviction for stealing from UKIP MEP Gerard Batten a year or so ago.

Glass meanwhile is a professional campaigner against, well, everything. From airport runways to NHS cuts, he's a typical middle-class Green Party watermelon - green on the outside, red on the inside. A member of the 'Green Left' movement - it's far enough left to make Josef Stalin look like a liberal - he is also an activist with the union funded 'Stand up to UKIP' movement. His Facebook page is a web of organisations which protest against things, but its rather harder to find something that he's for besides a lot of protesting.


http://ct.fra.bz/ol/fz/sw/i54/2/11/19/frabz-Of-course-Im-liberal-i-tolerate-all-opinions-you-conservative-se-22e725.jpg

[Inseriousity.]

There's peaceful protest and then there's that. He wasn't campaigning, he was out having a family meal/day out and they deliberately went to seek him out. It's not exactly civilised behaviour.

[AgnesIO]

They are filth and scum. Disgraceful behaviour.

Dan makes misleading threads, Chippie has just managed to make one too.

[Jazz]

that's not activism, that's harassment.

[Chippiewill]

Dan makes misleading threads, Chippie has just managed to make one too.

I did it on purpose.

[AgnesIO]

I did it on purpose.

So does Dan? :P

[Chippiewill]

Well that was kinda the point, I figured we should have ******** from one side to counteract the ******** from the other side.

[FlyingJesus]

I absolutely despair at people who pretend to care about X issue but then act in such a way that damages the entire cause. Such needlessly crass behaviour, and all it'll do is make those predisposed against LGBT people feel justified in their opinions
Also, a bit sceptical that his 15 year old would run away in terror of someone in fancy dress (lol) but interesting to see that no-one can agree on who was actually present:

"The politician claimed to be in the pub with his wife and two younger children, aged 15 and 10"
"protesters inside the pub claimed that Mr Farage was at the bar with his “entourage” and an almost-empty pint when they came in"
"Mr Glass said: “He was sitting on his own and left on his own. We didn't see any kids.”"

Would be interesting to hear from someone who just happened to be at the pub not involved either way to settle that point as someone's clearly lying

[AgnesIO]

I absolutely despair at people who pretend to care about X issue but then act in such a way that damages the entire cause. Such needlessly crass behaviour, and all it'll do is make those predisposed against LGBT people feel justified in their opinions
Also, a bit sceptical that his 15 year old would run away in terror of someone in fancy dress (lol) but interesting to see that no-one can agree on who was actually present:

"The politician claimed to be in the pub with his wife and two younger children, aged 15 and 10"
"protesters inside the pub claimed that Mr Farage was at the bar with his “entourage” and an almost-empty pint when they came in"
"Mr Glass said: “He was sitting on his own and left on his own. We didn't see any kids.”"

Would be interesting to hear from someone who just happened to be at the pub not involved either way to settle that point as someone's clearly lying

I hope Farage is, but I can't see him being that much of an idiot...

[FlyingJesus]

Well he's the only one saying they were there so far, but then of course the other statements are themselves conflicting and are from those who are apparently on the same side of this. I'd like to think he wouldn't use his kids to score points like that anyway

[GommeInc]

To be fair, children or no children, harassing someone outside of their political capacity is pretty stupid. If he was doing some campaigning then fair enough, but if he was just having a pint then that's just stupid. Jumping on his car is inexcusable too.

[Phil]

Title of the thread made me think he was branding them ALL as filth and scum. Can't really blame him for calling these individuals that after the behaviour. I'm sure their sexuality doesn't have anything to do with the label he gave them.

[Kyle]

I hate 'activists' with a passion ugh good on u nigel

[GommeInc]

Title of the thread made me think he was branding them ALL as filth and scum. Can't really blame him for calling these individuals that after the behaviour. I'm sure their sexuality doesn't have anything to do with the label he gave them.
If many protests are to go by, they probably aren't gay themselves but see it as an excuse to harass someone who has made some remarks over homosexuals in the past. Although from what I recall Farage isn't homophobic, but either a mixture of ignorance or against certain overuse of liberties, or a mixture of both. Not that I support his views but I think killing with kindness is better than throwing filth at him of which he is partially immune to :P

A "don't stoop to his perceived level because he will only stand up and beat you with experience"" sort of event :P

[Empired]

Most of what I think about the OP has already been posted so I shan't repeat but I very highly doubt his teenage daughter hid in terror from a group of idiots in costumes. You might back against something but I can't imagine anyone running away and hiding in a pub. She probably was there- I don't think Farage is so stupid as to lie about the presence of characters in his sob story- but that doesn't mean he didn't exaggerate what happened too.

[AgnesIO]

Why is everyone assuming that a 15-year-old child would be brave enough to stand by whilst 100 losers are effectively hunting them down? She may have just ran to a friends house or something; she would have still technically run away...

[GommeInc]

Why is everyone assuming that a 15-year-old child would be brave enough to stand by whilst 100 losers are effectively hunting them down? She may have just ran to a friends house or something; she would have still technically run away...
If the pictures that were on Twitter are anything to go by she had every right to be afraid or at least concerned.

[AgnesIO]

If the pictures that were on Twitter are anything to go by she had every right to be afraid or at least concerned.

Exactly. 15 year old girls are weak and vulnerable - I'd be pretty scared if a bunch of lunatics started surrounding me, never mind jumping on my car.

[MKR&*42]

I also think The Guardian article said his 10 year old child was there too, so it's even more likely that the 10 year old was terrified of protesters too :P.
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I don't have a fixed view on UKIP's policies but I do feel incredible remorse for Farage rn because I know plenty of people online will have taken it out of context and just assumed he is bashing all lgbt people which is a shame

[GommeInc]

Exactly. 15 year old girls are weak and vulnerable - I'd be pretty scared if a bunch of lunatics started surrounding me, never mind jumping on my car.
I wouldn't focus on his 15 year old daughter in this case. I think anyone would feel a bit vulnerable going out for what should be a peaceful meal and being hounded by a bunch of lunatics. Adult or teenager/child.

[AgnesIO]

I wouldn't focus on his 15 year old daughter in this case. I think anyone would feel a bit vulnerable going out for what should be a peaceful meal and being hounded by a bunch of lunatics. Adult or teenager/child.

Indeed - I am merely pointing out that people shouldn't think that a 15 year old is somehow to old to be scared of a bunch of lunatics!