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Makes sense. He's achieved a goal he's spent his political career working for. And as such a minority party he'll have little say in the actual negotiations so
by k-mcgrady 10y ago
Makes sense. He's achieved a goal he's spent his political career working for. And as such a minority party he'll have little say in the actual negotiations so why not retire?
- atmosx 10y agoShouldn't he wait until the actual negotiations come to an end? Farage is the second major pro-Brexit campaigner to quit, don't you find it curious?
- zakk 10y ago> Shouldn't he wait until the actual negotiations come to an end? The negotiations will be done by the government. Mr Farage will have no role in the negotiations. Why waiting for something you have absolutely no role in?
- chvid 10y agoFarage/UKIP would not participate in the negotiating anyways. Boris Johnson surely is just waiting for a chance to come back.
- gadders 10y agoHe's also probably fed up with needing to have security follow him everywhere and having him and his family attacked in pubs. [1] [1] http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/22/farage-calls-anti-ukip-protesters-who-forced-him-out-of-pub-scum http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/22/farage-calls...
- k-mcgrady 10y agoHe's considered a bigoted prick by a large majority of the country - I doubt quitting will remove the necessity of security.
- thomnottom 10y agoBeing confronted by a conga line of people whom you regularly speak out against is considered being attacked? Does he really believe these vicious conga lines of diversity will stop just because he quit?
- gadders 10y agoThey jumped on the bonnet of his car as he left. It's clearly unacceptable in a civilised society.
- chris_wot 10y agoA colleague of mine once called out this sort of behaviour for what it is: he called it the Seagull Style of Leadership. Basically you swoop down, scream, bully and crap all over everyone, then swoop off knowing your life's purpose is fulfilled. Nigel Farage makes a fantastic seagull.
- UVB-76 10y agoTo his credit, he has been an MEP for seventeen years.
- chris_wot 10y agoIf he'd bothered turning up regularly then I guess I'd be impressed.
- NetStrikeForce 10y agoNo, he hasn't. He got a salary as he was and the UK people had a mandate for him to be a MEP, but he didn't turn up for work, so he wasn't a MEP.