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"So again, these are ludicrous scare – these are scare stories that are being put up. Even if sterling, even if sterling were to fall a few percentage points af

• Doches 11mo ago
  Presumably most of Farage's personal income at this point is ultimately denominated in USD, so he's probably benefiting just fine from sterling's fall...
• croes 11mo ago
  They blame immigrants
  • pjc50 11mo ago
    As you can see from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45996860 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45996860 , blaming immigrants is a magic ticket to being able to do whatever you want.
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• Lapel2742 11mo ago
  > I really wonder how people like Nigel Farage sleep at night. These people have no morals or ethics. They are psychopaths that only care for themselves. Even if it comes at devastating costs for others. Brexit was a complete success, for Nigel Farage. The last thing I heard is that his party leads the polls in the UK. In my country the spokesperson of the far-right party (AfD) was caught saying: "The worse things get for Germany, the better it is for the AfD". That's their mindset.
  • surgical_fire 11mo ago
    It's the same story with all far right figures, everywhere. It's okay if the whole country suffers, as long as they benefit themselves, and that the people they hate suffer more. It's also why they are typically comically incompetent at actually managing a country.
• OgsyedIE 11mo ago
  Snugly and enjoying the sense of contentment engendered by the many past profits from them (or their friends) short-selling UK-based instruments, I would assume. It's the same as the Ruble 11 years ago. Intentionally damage your own country to personally profit from short-selling the currency (or bonds, etc.). Countries are just imaginary social constructs after all, so who cares?
• drcongo 11mo ago
  On the huge pile of money he made shorting the pound before the vote.