The Leader Interviews: Nigel Farage BBC1HD tonite at 7.30pm Wednesday Aprill 22

[Crimson Dynamo]

Evan Davis interviews the UKIP leader Nigel Farage about his party's policies in the run-up to the General Election


Watch Evan try to trip up Nigel so he gets the press tomoz and Nigel tear him a new one (again)


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[Cherie]

Oh Nige, apparently he says feels okay about Immigrants from India due to the long association with the UK :hehe: what will Kirk say :umm2:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Oh Nige, apparently he says feels okay about Immigrants from India due to the long association with the UK :hehe: what will Kirk say :umm2:

good hard workers who run lots of shops but if they are coming we need controls :nono:

[Cherie]

good hard workers who run lots of shops but if they are coming we need controls :nono:

Won't they be mainly muslims though :worry: whereas the group Nige has least affinity with are those immigrants from behind the Iron Curtain :omg: which will include Christians ...

[Crimson Dynamo]

Won't they be mainly muslims though :worry: whereas the group Nige has least affinity with are those immigrants from behind the Iron Curtain :omg: which will include Christians ...

if it were up to me I would not accept any religionists into the UK on the grounds of believing in fictitious crap.

We dont need anymore eejits as we have enough here already

Hi, do you have a faith?

yes?

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/rejected-stamp-8591041.jpg

and i am perfectly serious it would be a huge step forward for this island

[Crimson Dynamo]

on now

[GiRTh]

Oh dear I dont think it's going very well :joker:

[billy123]

http://media.giphy.com/media/rPACo2gRHVJNC/giphy.gif

[Crimson Dynamo]

Evan trying and failing

As predicted by me


Common sense prevailing


But good that you are watching

[GiRTh]

Evan trying and failing

As predicted by me


Common sense prevailing


But good that you are watchingHe's had Farage fumbling over his words. He's quoting Farage but Farage claims the quotes are incorrect. :joker:

[billy123]

He's had Farage fumbling over his words. He's quoting Farage but Farage claims the quotes are incorrect. :joker:This is fcuking hilarious i especially liked them showing a clip of him telling fox news about no go areas for the police where shariah law had taken over and then him saying no i didnt say that :joker: absolute comedy.

[Crimson Dynamo]

This try hard is a disgrace to the bbc

[GiRTh]

This is fcuking hilarious i especially liked them showing a clip of him telling fox news about no go areas for the police where shariah law had taken over and then him saying no i didnt say that :joker: absolute comedy.
That bit was brilliant. :joker:

[GiRTh]

This try hard is a disgrace to the bbc:joker:

[smudgie]

Evan :worship:

[billy123]

Mods can we get this moved to the comedy section please :joker:
http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=671

[Crimson Dynamo]

Mods can we get this moved to the comedy section please :joker:
http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=671

Yes but not the post above

:umm2:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Omg the fake breastfeeding statement

Oh jesus the desperation

What a metro twat

[Crimson Dynamo]

Embarrassing bbc

[GiRTh]

Highlight for me was Farage claiming the other leaders got easier interview. Didnt look very statesman like at all IMO

[GiRTh]

Embarrassing bbcI only hope Mayweather V Pacquiao is as action packed and one sided. :joker:

[billy123]

Highlight for me was Farage claiming the other leaders got easier interview. Didnt look very statesman like at all IMO
:joker: I think he might be drunk.

[Marsh.]

Where was Evan looking?

[GiRTh]

Evan :worship:

I now have a huge man crush on Evan. He's the guvnor. :joker:

[GiRTh]

:joker: I think he might be drunk.I'm just cracking up at how bad that went. :joker:

[billy123]

Evan :worship:

I now have a huge man crush on Evan. He's the guvnor. :joker:Farage was really weak but yes Evan did a decent job.

[Crimson Dynamo]

How big are that freak evans shoes :umm2:

[GiRTh]

Cant wait for the Ukippers to claim Farage was stitched up. :joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Next week watch him fawn all over sturgeon. A dominant woman?

He will sh1t his armani pants

[billy123]

How big are that freak evans shoes :umm2:important issue that well done #UKIPFANS

[GiRTh]

Farage was really weak but yes Evan did a decent job.Great job by Evan. He gently probed Farage till we got the classic claim that the other leaders got an easier interview.

That has to be the bit where Farage was fumbling the most.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Cant wait for the Ukippers to claim Farage was stitched up. :joker:

Lol by that lightweight?

Nigel pissed all over him

Breastfeeding

Bwahahaha

[GiRTh]

How big are that freak evans shoes :umm2:Big enough to stomp all over Farage.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Another win for the people's army

Onward and upward

[billy123]

Lol by that lightweight?

Nigel pissed all over him

Breastfeeding

BwahahahaYour avatar pic does a good job showing how you must feel right about now. :joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Your avatar pic does a good job showing how you must feel right about now. :joker:

Yes like a superstar penguin

:dance:

[GiRTh]

Lol by that lightweight?

Nigel pissed all over him

Breastfeeding

BwahahahaReally??
If that is your opinions then you are entitled to it. :thumbs:

Personally I thought it was clear to see a very irritated Farage by the line of questioning. Farage claiming the other leaders got easier interviews was very petty IMO. Why did he not rise above it and speak in broad terms about the country, what the country needs and how he is gonna provide what is needed, like a true Statesman would have done.. He didnt look very statesman like IMO.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Really??
If that is your opinions then you are entitled to it. :thumbs:

Personally I thought it was clear to see a very irritated Farage by the line of questioning. Farage claiming the other leaders got easier interviews was very petty IMO. Why did he not rise above it and speak in broad terms about the country, what the country needs and how he is gonna provide what is needed, like a true Statesman would have done.. He didnt look very statesman like IMO.

only irritated by a puerile line of questions he had batted off many times before. What a useless replacement for paxman that excuse really is.

smh

:joker:

[Cherie]

He is easily irritated though, last week it was the audience, this week the presenter, next week?

[billy123]

He is easily irritated though, last week it was the audience, this week the presenter, next week?I shudder to think.

[GiRTh]

only irritated by a puerile line of questions he had batted off many times before. What a useless replacement for paxman that excuse really is.

smh

:joker:
You think its puerile to ask Farage to explain his quotes? Again if this is your opinions then you are entitled to it but when Farage claimed the quote was incorrect - I think the third time- I burst out laughing.

Farage needs to stand by what he says IMO. Like a true Statesman would.

[Crimson Dynamo]

He is easily irritated though, last week it was the audience, this week the presenter, next week?

he was proved right about the audience however wasn't he..


The announcement followed an Express.co.uk investigation into Thursday's debate featuring the leaders of "challenger" parties which revealed just ONE THIRD of the hand-picked audience leaned towards the political right.

The Ukip leader was booed on the programme when he suggested the make-up of the BBC election debate audience was left wing "even by the left-wing standards of the BBC".

Host David Dimbleby even insisted the audience had been “carefully chosen” by independent polling organisation ICM to represent the balance between all parties.

But when the make-up of audience members was finally revealed it showed that nearly 70 per cent were left wing.

The Ukip leader indicated that he would not be raising a formal complaint over the make-up of the audience with the debate's BBC hosts, saying he was too busy fighting the election.


www.express.co.uk/news/politics/571294/Nigel-Farage-Ukip-BBC-debate-fixed-Question-Time




:rolleyes:

[Crimson Dynamo]

You think its puerile to ask Farage to explain his quotes? Again if this is your opinions then you are entitled to it but when Farage claimed the quote was incorrect - I think the third time- I burst out laughing.

Farage needs to stand by what he says IMO. Like a true Statesman would.

yes girth, the breastfeeding bollocks showed evan up as a total twat and his london 20 year old spotty researchers

:joker:

you could not make it up

oh :hehe: they just did:joker:

[GiRTh]

yes girth, the breastfeeding bollocks showed evan up as a total twat and his london 20 year old spotty researchers

:joker:

you could not make it up

oh :hehe: they just did:joker:The no go areas in London or was it Paris. :joker:

If the researcher got so much wrong I'm expecting Farage to put the records straight. I wont hold my breath

[Cherie]

he was proved right about the audience however wasn't he..


The announcement followed an Express.co.uk investigation into Thursday's debate featuring the leaders of "challenger" parties which revealed just ONE THIRD of the hand-picked audience leaned towards the political right.

The Ukip leader was booed on the programme when he suggested the make-up of the BBC election debate audience was left wing "even by the left-wing standards of the BBC".

Host David Dimbleby even insisted the audience had been “carefully chosen” by independent polling organisation ICM to represent the balance between all parties.

But when the make-up of audience members was finally revealed it showed that nearly 70 per cent were left wing.

The Ukip leader indicated that he would not be raising a formal complaint over the make-up of the audience with the debate's BBC hosts, saying he was too busy fighting the election.


www.express.co.uk/news/politics/571294/Nigel-Farage-Ukip-BBC-debate-fixed-Question-Time




:rolleyes:

He should be able to handle himself with some kind of grace or charisma no matter what the political leanings of the audience are. He has neither.

[Jack_]

Definitely the worst interview so far, Farage looked very uncomfortable and was trying to worm himself out of comments he'd made. There was no need though as when he talked about how he didn't mind admitting he'd kind of prefer Australian immigrants to those from poorer parts of the world because they're more likely to be civilised or words to that effect, my jaw hit the floor.

[GiRTh]

Definitely the worst interview so far, Farage looked very uncomfortable and was trying to worm himself out of comments he'd made. There was no need though as when he talked about how he didn't mind admitting he'd kind of prefer Australian immigrants to those from poorer parts of the world because they're more likely to be civilised or words to that effect, my jaw hit the floor.I missed that bit. I think I was too busy falling off my chair laughing.:joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Definitely the worst interview so far, Farage looked very uncomfortable and was trying to worm himself out of comments he'd made. There was no need though as when he talked about how he didn't mind admitting he'd kind of prefer Australian immigrants to those from poorer parts of the world because they're more likely to be civilised or words to that effect, my jaw hit the floor.

great point by Nigel


easily assimilated, low cost


having worked with all nationalities and employed them in LOndon we always wanted an aussie (or canadian) as they hit the floor running

they were profitable in weeks:dance:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I missed that bit. I think I was too busy falling off my chair laughing.:joker:

yes girth you keep trying to make that point but its not working or helping your credibility here

:umm2:

[billy123]

yes girth you keep trying to make that point but its not working or helping your credibility here

:umm2:You of all people worry about credibility here :hehe: Mind blown!

[GiRTh]

Nigel Farage: immigrants from India and Australia better than eastern Europeans


Nigel Farage has said he would prefer immigrants from India and Australia to eastern Europeans, despite previously claiming his party would not want to discriminate against new arrivals by nationality.

The Ukip leader indicated he would prefer immigration from countries he said had the most similar cultures to the UK as he was grilled about his approach to immigration during the latest BBC Leader interview broadcast on Wednesday evening.

Asked by presenter Evan Davis whether he would favour immigrants from some countries over others, he said: “I have to confess I do have a slight preference. I do think, naturally, that people from India and Australia are in some ways more likely to speak English, understand common law and have a connection with this country than some people that come perhaps from countries that haven’t fully recovered from being behind the iron curtain.”

In the past, Farage has always claimed to be the only party leader with a “non-discriminatory” policy on immigration as Ukip would not give preference to EU migrants over those from the rest of the world.

Last year, he told LBC: “I actually want us to have an immigration policy that is non-discriminatory, because at the moment we discriminate in favour of people from Poland, or Romania, or Bulgaria, regardless [of] who they are, and we discriminate against people from New Zealand … or from India, or Canada, or whatever else it may be. We’ve got our, I think, our priorities completely wrong here. And we should not be discriminating on grounds of nationality.”

The Ukip leader also suggested his party has sometimes used heightened rhetoric about immigration to get noticed. Asked about his desire to stop more immigrants with HIV and criminal records coming to the UK, he said such language was sometimes necessary “to wake people up”.

“To wake people up to the truth of what’s going on, you sometimes have to say things in a way to get noticed, of that there’s no question,” he said.

Farage claimed Ukip was now fighting this general election campaign without a negative tone and “no longer needs to make the negative arguments about the effect that immigration has had on primary school places, on healthcare provision, on wage compression”.

However, Farage has mentioned the impact of immigration on public services many times during the campaign, including stressing that it would be wrong to fund the treatment of immigrants with HIV when the country cannot afford drugs for an 80-year-old with breast cancer. He even brought up the issue of immigrants with life-threatening diseases unprompted during the first leaders’ debate.

He also criticised Davis’s questioning, accusing him of being a member of the “liberal metropolitan elite”.

Two more Farage interviews are being aired on Wednesday evening, on ITV and Channel 4, as Ukip gets more prominence from broadcasters since being designated a major party.

In a candid exchange with Channel 4 News, the Ukip leader revealed he made some mistakes at the beginning of the general election campaign. The politician has been under pressure as opinion polls suggest support for his party is sliding to below 14% and that he is facing a tight three-way battle to win the seat of South Thanet.

And Farage said that he had tried to do too much. “I started the campaign and think I made some mistakes,” he told Channel 4. “My desperation for Ukip to do well meant that I really packed the diary and the day in a way that frankly wasn’t very bright. I have now trimmed it back a bit. I’m being a bit more selective.”

Asked whether he had got a bit “wonky” at one point, Farage said: “I was. No, no. Hands up, I was. I had completely overdone it. I wasn’t getting it right. I feel a bit of the old vim and vigour back and I’m looking forward to the next fortnight.”

The Ukip leader strongly denied rumours about his ill-health at the party’s spring conference in Margate, Kent, accusing the Tories of spreading false claims about him and claiming to be “fit as a flea”.

However, since then, he published an autobiographical book, Purple Revolution, saying several health scares – including testicular cancer, a car crash and a light aircraft crash – have left him with the body of a 70-year-old.

David Cameron, meanwhile, has also been accused of looking like he is lacking enthusiasm during the campaign. The prime minister hit back at his critics on Wednesday by saying he has visited 26 places in less than a week.

Farage’s campaign has concentrated in a much smaller area than some of the other party leaders, as he tries to win his own target seat of South Thanet in Kent. He has pledged to stand down as leader if he does not become an MP.

Source (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/22/nigel-farage-immigrants-india-australia-better-than-eastern-europeans)

I missed that comment.

[GiRTh]

yes girth you keep trying to make that point but its not working or helping your credibility here

:umm2:I found it funny. He's supposed to be the man of the people that got debunked, the no go zones got debunked and I cant even remember half of the rest. I cannot deny I found it very humorous:joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3051033/Farage-admits-preference-Australian-immigrants-Somalis-Eastern-Europeans.html

all the top comments make perfect sense

read them at your leisure..

[Jack_]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3051033/Farage-admits-preference-Australian-immigrants-Somalis-Eastern-Europeans.html

all the top comments make perfect sense

read them at your leisure..

No comments on the Mail Online, especially those at the top, ever make sense

ban ha

[GiRTh]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3051033/Farage-admits-preference-Australian-immigrants-Somalis-Eastern-Europeans.html

all the top comments make perfect sense

read them at your leisure..Comments at the bottom are claiming a stitch up and left wing bias. So predictable. I'd like to know why Farage didnt above it. :shrug:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I found it funny. He's supposed to be the man of the people that got debunked, the no go zones got debunked and I cant even remember half of the rest. I cannot deny I found it very humorous:joker:

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/22/nigel-farage-immigrants-india-australia-better-than-eastern-europeans

even most the guardian comments are positive


:dance:

[Crimson Dynamo]

its a win guys

dont fight it

[GiRTh]

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/22/nigel-farage-immigrants-india-australia-better-than-eastern-europeans

even most the guardian comments are positive


:dance:Comments seemed quite mixed to me. Like this one
It was great watching Evan Davies circle Farage like a shark. Every trap Davies set, Farage blundered in with the finesse of a piano dropped from the 6th floor.

The first minutes were hilarious, with Farage trying to explain that his alma mater, Dulwich College, was some sort of orphanage for children of the working classes. Davies gave him a right slapping. What a greedy, expense-hungry, privileged toff Farage is.:joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Comments seemed quite mixed to me. Like this one
:joker:

that is the typical prejudiced left wing bigoted view that politics could do without

shame on you

:nono:

[GiRTh]

that is the typical prejudiced left wing bigoted view that politics could do without

shame on you

:nono:No understand :shrug:



Gave up after 16 minutes of Nigel Farage's evasion - so paused the TV

"Shall I delete Nigel Farage?" said Mrs VSL.

If only it were that simple.
:joker:

[kirklancaster]

Evan :worship:

I now have a huge man crush on Evan. He's the guvnor. :joker:

:joker: I fecking knew you were suspect Girth.:laugh:

[kirklancaster]

that is the typical prejudiced left wing bigoted view that politics could do without

shame on you

:nono:

:joker: Don't get this thread edited FFS LT. :laugh:

[kirklancaster]

Your avatar pic does a good job showing how you must feel right about now. :joker:

:joker::joker::joker: Credit where it's due - This was funny.

[Kizzy]

I think this may be worth a look after all :)

[joeysteele]

I disagree with a lot that Nigel Farage says and appears to stand for because he and UKIP sometimes give the impression that they are all over the place as to policy.
Like the guy they have for the economics spokeman, Patrick O Flynn, I don't care for him at all.

This wasn't one of Farage's better performances in interviews but I do feel he was asked some rather daft questions and far too much time was spent on trying to elaborate on them rather than moving on to something else.

The dozens of seats bit was rather funny but tonight Nigel Farage looked like a man who is now realising his party is not now,in this election,going to blow things wide open at all.
It was telling that he said,one of the main things about this election will be how many seats UKIP end up in 2nd place in.

I think UKIP will be in 2nd place probably in near 100 seats,it is not however whether you come in 2nd place but how close you are to winning the seats that really matters.
He didn't even seem to have much confidence as to that as to coming close to winning seats now,including the one he is standing in himself too.

[billy123]

:joker::joker::joker: Credit where it's due - This was funny.LOL he was so hurt he changed his avatar http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/200H/f/2012/200/e/5/very_confused_penguin_by_chocolatecharmander-d57vw5t.jpg

[Crimson Dynamo]

I think the pathetic breastfeeding attempt at the end summed up what a dreadful job evan whatshisname did

dredging up an interview Farage did with Nick Ferrari in which he made it quite clear he had NO issue with breastfeeding and quite clear that Claridges if it had stated rules then its their business and if its not breaking the law etc

and yet, like those silly women who harrassed him at that pub, he thought he would somehow go back and try and tell Farage something that the DM printed taken out of context just to troll their readership? :umm2:

It was beyond desperate

[Crimson Dynamo]

some interesting views from Guido Fawkes blog


ancientpopeye • 4 hours ago

This is the non-biased BBC interview at its best. Davis asks the question then when Farage is half a sentence into the answer, the reptilian Davis starts muttering under his breath spouting innuendo deliberately designed to put the interviewee off his stroke.
Being completely unbiased the BBC condones this, probably with a voice in Davis's ear prompting him.

Frank Fisher ancientpopeye • 3 hours ago

It simply wasn't an interview - an interview is intended to elicit information - this was not. It was a series of interlocking traps - nothing but traps. Farage did well to keep his temper.

Robert Basset Frank Fisher • an hour ago

Farages patience is remarkable, many a lesser mortal would have flipped about half way through this.

Personally, I would likely have turfed Davis in the balls before giving him the Macho Man Randy Savage treatment off the top turnbuckle...

Sandy ancientpopeye • 3 hours ago

They are trained to do it. That is why any righty is constantly interrupted by BBC interviewers and lefties are allowed free reign. The interruptions break up the message and it is less likely to register in a coherent way with the listener.

Rollo10 ancientpopeye • 2 hours ago

Also worth noting Davis's 'mic' was a touch higher than Nigel Farages. It's the NLP of the BBC kicking in.

Anonymous • 2 hours ago

Davies didnt ask any questions about UKIP policy and their manifesto.

Even at the end, Davies said,

"were running out of time, so let me ask a question about your manifesto, but before we do that, a question about your old manifesto...."

Un fcuking believable...

Note Davies forgot to ask about UKIPs plan to cut the BBC licence fee by 65%....

Funny that.



http://order-order.com/2015/04/23/evan-davis-v-nigel-farage/#_@/KjnH3L1xWG-TXQ

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/11/02/article-1224832-070A54F8000005DC-680_224x423.jpg

[GiRTh]

Also worth noting Davis's 'mic' was a touch higher than Nigel Farages. It's the NLP of the BBC kicking in.

Anonymous • 2 hours ago

LMFAO

You're giving us quote by people who want to remain anonymous?

I was waiting for the Ukippers to claim it was stitch up and to a certain extent they are right but it was hilarious the way Farage claimed three quotes that Davis attributed to him were false. He didnt stand by his words or claim they were taken out of content, he simply claimed he didnt say it. Thats not good enough for any supposed statesman. He needed to come across as strong but Farage came across as whiney and petty.

[Crimson Dynamo]

LMFAO

You're giving us quote by people who want to remain anonymous?

I was waiting for the Ukippers to claim it was stitch up and to a certain extent they are right but it was hilarious the way Farage claimed three quotes that Davis attributed to him were false. He didnt stand by his words or claim they were taken out of content, he simply claimed he didnt say it. Thats not good enough for any supposed statesman. He needed to come across as strong but Farage came across as whiney and petty.

nice try

the general consensus is only one person lost in that interview and it was the reptilian evan

paxman will be turning in his grave


if he were dead

[GiRTh]

nice try

the general consensus is only one person lost in that interview and it was the reptilian evan

paxman will be turning in his grave


if he were dead
The comments seem mixed to me but if you want to pick the ones that suit you and claim a victory then that's up to you. :thumbs:

[Jack_]

Evan was just as harsh on all the other leaders, that's his job. For any supporters of any party to claim that he, or most other interviewers for that matter, were harsher on their leader as opposed to the others is quite frankly just pathetic whining.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Evan was just as harsh on all the other leaders, that's his job. For any supporters of any party to claim that he, or most other interviewers for that matter, were harsher on their leader as opposed to the others is quite frankly just pathetic whining.

no one on here has claimed that? :shrug:


My claim is he is just a crap interviewer and quite unlikeable

[Crimson Dynamo]

The comments seem mixed to me but if you want to pick the ones that suit you and claim a victory then that's up to you. :thumbs:

no Girth I think his constant "traps" and interruptions made for bad tv. he missed a golden chance

and no license question?

[GiRTh]

no Girth I think his constant "traps" and interruptions made for bad tv. he missed a golden chance

and no license question?
I was entertained.

Three quotes attributed to Farage denied as incorrect. Disagreement over his segment on Fox news and who he was referring to. I found it quite comical.:joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I was entertained.

Three quotes attributed to Farage denied as incorrect. Disagreement over his segment on Fox news and who he was referring to. I found it quite comical.:joker:

i can see you are warming to nigel

:dance:

[GiRTh]

i can see you are warming to nigel

:dance:I dont mind him I find when he speaks I am never too far away from laughing so I'm not a fan but I do enjoy some of his TV appearances.

[billy123]

I dont mind him I find when he speaks I am never too far away from laughing so I'm not a fan but I do enjoy some of his TV appearances.:joker: He is comedy gold.

[MTVN]

Watching this now, actually don't think I've ever seen Farage so rattled

[Jack_]

Watching this now, actually don't think I've ever seen Farage so rattled

I agree, he's usually pretty confident and able to defend himself, but in this he looked sheepish, stumbled on multiple sentences and looked as if he'd been caught out