[Closed] Farage comes to Scotland and gets a lock-in!

mostly students, shouting “you are a racist” and “go back to England”.

😀 Bless.

And sent him homeward take think again

There are four universities in Edinburgh. I can see one lot of students calling the guy a racist and three lots just plain old telling him to get back to england.

Went to edinburgh to outline his parties policies to fight for a seat in aberdeen.

Strikes of cba to me.

I like the way jo brand pronounced his name farage as in garage not faraaaage in his bizare wannabe french, hyacinth bucket style

There a video on the Beeb

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22559526

He's not smiling like a massive tool this time.

Nice to see the Scots working hard to improve the electoral fortunes of the Conservative Party...

Very, very satisfying news 🙂

Only appropriate that Farage is reminded he's on the electoral fringe and in the class of political parties that meets in pubs.

100 demonstrators, mostly students, shouting “you are a racist” and “go back to England”.

I wonder why the leader of a party whose entire raison d'etre is that the present Tory Party (despite being more right-wing than Thatcher) isn't right-wing enough, feels he might have received anything other than a hostile reception in Scotland. Has he really not bothered checking Scotland's polling history for the last 30 years ?

Bloody foreigners coming up here and taking our nationalist politicians jobs why dont they just **** off back to where the came from and shove that union of theirs right up their arse

Oh the ironing and how beautiful

Don't think he'll be taking anyone's job in Scotland, he couldn't even be bothered to go to Aberdeen where the by election is actually taking place

Junkyard - lazarus

Bloody foreigners coming up here and taking our nationalist politicians jobs

I don't see UKIP politicians taking many jobs up here. Cleaning toilets maybe.

Taxi driver shamed himself !! Golden rule is, never judge, if your light is on and the fare has money in his/her pocket you pick them up ! Down my way he could find himself in a bit of trouble.

Taxi driver shamed himself !!

Perhaps the taxi driver couldn't bear the thought of a Daily Mail fueled rant concerning everything that is wrong with the country ?

After all, isn't dispensing that sort of unrequested ear-bashing part of the taxi driver's job ?

I'd guess the taxi driver didn't want his car upside down.

That incident doesn't make anyone look good.

was the taxi driver a romanian?

Athgray + 1

I like the NE reporter who when given the opportunity to grill Farage on policy, asked him if he new the meaning of Aberdeen words. In future in Scotland we may infer someones ability to voice an opinion on Scottish politics by whether they can point to Auchtermuchty on a map!

Or pronounce Milngavie, Leuchars and Kirkaldy without creating amusement to the locals! 😉

God forbid teamhurtmore. Imagine the lynch mob.

I fail to see what is wrong with people voicing their opinions although the irony of people in Edinburgh telling someone to go back to England isn't lost on me.

I'd have loved to have seen him try a similar stunt in Glasgow.

Why are the Police wasting resources "protecting" him and then driving him about everywhere? Use the bus like everyone else you stupid little man!

He's on Radio4 at the moment bleating on about people who are mindlessly against stuff, finding scapegoats for all their problems, without thinking it through or taking time to consider alternative points of view... actually sounds serious... 😀

"Nigel, you're a bawbag, Nigel you're a bawbag, na, na, na, hey!"

😀

In some ways it's deeply disturbing that someone can't voice their opinions without being shouted down by a mob.

But hey, it's Nigel Farrage...

To be fair ononeorange he did try to use public transport twice. If the police were not there there is a chance the taxi drivers and the taxi's would have been attacked as well as him.

Also perhaps we could have found out some of his views yesterday if the crowd let him speak rather than wait until he is on Radio 4.

I am no fan of UKIP by the way.

Also perhaps we could have found out some of his views yesterday if the crowd let him speak rather than wait until he is on Radio 4.

We haven't heard enough of his views already? He's never off the news.

OOO, very good question. Why did police have to waste/spend resources in protecting him? Why did [u]they[/u] have to drive him away? Why wasn't he able to simply take a taxi or a bus?

I've been unable to take him too seriously since seeing the 'Nigel Farage looking like a meerkat tumblr;

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22566183

Well that's me in need of a new irony meter!

yup, that was the sort of thing he seemed quite convinced of...

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Speaking to the Good Morning Scotland programme, Mr Farage said: "If this is the face of Scottish nationalism, it's a pretty ugly nation."

He added: "The anger, the hatred, the shouting, the snarling, the swearing was all linked in to a desire for the Union Jack to be burnt."

He told BBC Scotland the incident was deeply racist and displayed a total hatred of the English.

He is an irony and self awareness free zone then- which poster on here is he?

Sounds a lot like whitegoodman

Gotta love the fact that they were telling him to go home, which is what Nigel wants immigrants to do.

So are they supporting Nigel then ?

I am very confused

Racists accuse someone of being racist.

Someone left their left-wing irony meter at home yesterday, or maybe it was blew a fuse by having all those waster students waving around copied of Socialist [i]Worker[/i]?

konabunny - Member

He added: "The anger, the hatred, the shouting, the snarling, the swearing was all linked in to a desire for the Union Jack to be burnt."

Suppose it's distantly possible he believes it, too. Does he think that's why the same thing happened to Iain Gray? All the evidence points to it being a cross-party, multi-national, anti-bawbag thing.

His appeal is to people for whom the tory party aren't big enough *s. But we've all but wiped out the tories up here because they're *s, not because they're not * enough. So coming up here and being a double-* to try and win over the tiny * vote was never a great plan. But then that's *s for you.

cranberry - Member

Racists accuse someone of being racist.

Where does the allegation that they're racists come from? He's not being barracked purely for being english (unless you have evidence that the mob then went on to do the same to random passing english people?)

Northwind - May I just commend you on how beautifully you worded that! 😀

He [url= http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/ukip-leader-nigel-farage-insists-1884127 ]insists he will play a key role in the campaign against Scottish Independence[/url]

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Haste ye back, Nige!

God, Farage v Eck? Eck would be like a cat torturing a bird. We can't be complacent as we increasingly have a nasty element up here. The Scottish defence league have been raising their profile of late.And he must have thought it was worth his while or he wouldn't be contesting seat(s) But an uber-Tory coming up here is never going to go well, even in Edinburgh. Maybe St Andrews next time?

Well put NW

The BNP got similar treatment last time they ventured north of the border.

They had the idea they might pick up votes from some of the scummier Glasgow constituencies and areas where relatively large amounts of asylum seekers has settled.

The locals only just stopped short of lynching them. Everytime they stood in the street in front of a microphone they were drowned out by jeers including one memorable moment, on Saracen Street of all places, when a passing cyclist stop in the street and started shouting "The BNP are Nazi's. Don't vote for the Nazi's!!"

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Is that a statue of Rab C Nesbit?

What's sad is that the English used to be strongly against his sort of rubbish too - read up on the Battle of Cable Street. Now Farrage is no Moseley, but where's the popular protests against his views?

What's sad is that the English used to be strongly against his sort of rubbish too - read up on the Battle of Cable Street.

[What's sad is that the English used to be strongly against his sort of rubbish too - read up on the Battle of Cable Street. Now Farrage is no Moseley, but where's the popular protests against his views?]

no need to worry..... most folks are smart enough to realise UKIP's success is a flash in the pan.. ... folks need somewhere to register their protest and the usual crowd the for that the LibDems are in the coalition

Retro83, is that not that one fat elf out of Lord of the Rings?

Why is that statue in front of a pissoire?

EDIT. I thought twice.

farage really is an idiot

Can you imagine what he would do if in a EU referendum that one of the EU beurocrats - say form Belgium- came to Blighty to campaign for the Union - what would he or his supporters do?

I also cannot imagine what goes on in his tiny mind that he leaves his country to campaign as a foreigner for a union only to return home to moan about a union as foreigners tell us what to do. What sort if rational is going on here?
I also cannot believe that he thinks he can help the campaign tbh
If i was the yes campaign I would hire him a bus and some adverts tbh

JY. Are you saying that political intolerance is acceptable?
He would be a good advert for the No Campaign if he was attacked in an aggressive manner all the time. If the Yes Campaign are successful I hope political discussion in Scotland is not carried out with claw hammer in one hand and a megaphone in the other.

If the Yes Campaign are successful I hope political discussion in Scotland is not carried out with claw hammer in one hand and a megaphone in the other.

The way it is now? The Scottish parliament is much more democratic than Westminster - the whole reason Farrage gets any votes (on a tiny turnout) is that most people know Westminster is a total waste of time.

We will still have a successful parliament with a no vote.

The thing I can't get over is is Farage was not welcome why did the crowd make it so difficult for him to leave? If they were keen to see him off to his own "country" I don't think surrounding taxi's twice was the best course of action.

I notice from BBC news interview with Salmond that he agrees with me by saying Farage should not be in Aberdeen because he doesn't know what a Loon and Quine are! You have to love our dear leader. Priceless.

At least the scots had the cahones to have a go. Cameron and Clegg seem to travel unmolested in england.

Northwind, Ive just added you to my Christmas Card list

All of this "you can't say anything about Aberdeen of you don't know what a bawbag is just goes to prove how parochial and small time Aberdeen and the people making the comments are.

JY. Are you saying that political intolerance is acceptable?

Demoncracy! Demoncracry!

😆

I used to quite like Meerkats.

I also cannot imagine what goes on in his tiny mind that he leaves his country to campaign as a foreigner

Thanks mate! I hope all you Scots are as welcoming to us 'foreigners' who speak (roughly) the same language, were born a couple of hundred miles south of a non existent border, who probably share 99.9999999% of your genetic makeup, who participate in basically the same legislative structure, and have a shared history going back to time immemorial.

Farage is a tool, but he's got every right to campaign within your 'foreign country'.

EDIT: just realised maybe you ain't scottish... 😳

A man went to a pub, talked a lot of drivel. Some other people shouted at him. Police took 3 people away. The man didn't want to talk about it the next day.
Bainbrge come on up every body is welcome.:-)

Bainbrge , you can only come in if you know the meaning of glaikit.
Don't dare make any comment on politics if you don't know the meaning of loon.
These are the words of our Dear Leader

And it turns out that one of the two anti-English, rabid Scotsmen arrested by the police during these events is actually....

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English 🙂

Har. Cheers for that!

As a Scot who has spent a significant part of his time down south, I've received a lot of anti-Acottish comment. Most of it I'd class as "banter", but a fair proportion not so much...

Anyhoo, quite glad Farage has been exposed for what he is. Nasty, nasty politics disguised (for some) behind a gormless grim.

Scotland has more pandas that Conservative MPs and long may it continue...

just to clarify for a few, some of us want independence not because we "hate" anyone not from Scotland, but because we simply want to be in charge of our own affairs. As a trait we seem to tend towards a more socialist point of view, but it's hardly a done deal. Everyone is most welcome and should independence happen, regardless of what happens with currency, the EU or the military, everyone will be as welcome as previously. We haven't just been polite because of the union, it's how we are. like anywhere else, there are assholes here too and if you have had to deal with them, my apologies. In regard to Mr (F)Garage, he can come more often, he does a lot for the campaign for Scottish Independence.

As a Scot who has spent a significant part of his time down south, I've received a lot of anti-Acottish comment. Most of it I'd class as "banter", but a fair proportion not so much...

Exactly. Just look what happens in pretty much any online discussion around Scottish Independence (or pretty much anything Scottish) - there a McGodwin's Law where the conversation inevitably gets around to the usual stereotypes (bad weather, deep fried mars bars etc).

What cs said is the truth

collinstiffee - Member

just to clarify for a few, some of us want independence not because we "hate" anyone not from Scotland, but because we simply want to be in charge of our own affairs.

I'd hope it's most tbh. I know a lot of people want to think it's just "little scotland" or anti-englishness but the bottom line we're stuck with a massively unpopular UK government which we rejected utterly at the general election. 1 MP out of 59, and not for the first time. I think it's perfectly rational to say enough is enough, hardly needs to be a matter of smallmindedness or racism or insularness.

McGodwin's Law - nice!

we're stuck with a massively unpopular UK government which we rejected utterly at the general election. 1 MP out of 59, and not for the first time.

It's splitting hairs - buts it's 12 out of 59. This is a coalition government with 1 Conservative and 11 Liberal Democrat MPs representing Scotland in it.

Aye - 11 wanabees - there will be fewer next time!

we're stuck with a massively unpopular UK government which we rejected utterly at the general election. 1 MP out of 59, and not for the first time.

But it was 39 out of 59 in [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MPs_for_Scottish_constituencies_2005%E2%80%932010 ]2005.[/url].

And both the prime ministers (although the first one was only born in Scotland). Was that not good enough?

But it was 39 out of 59 in 2005..

And both the prime ministers (although the first one was only born in Scotland). Was that not good enough?

Very true - in 2005 the shires and home counties (smaller land mass, similar populous) had a tiny representation in the labour government of the time. Did that give them a right to demand independent governance? Swings and roundabouts innit.

The first point is that any group of people have a right to campaign democratically for independence if they wish to. Those mps were elected by their constituents to represent their constituency on matters reserved to Westminster. The Scottish people voted for an SNP government twice since 2005 it was well known to all that the SNP were in favour of independence so it seems logical that we are now having this referendum.

The Scottish people voted for an SNP government twice since 2005 it was well known to all that the SNP were in favour of independence so it seems logical that we are now having this referendum.

Despite my points above, that seems to make perfect sense to me. I might not favour an independent Scotland, but the nation has spoken about its desire to at least have their opinion sought. If the electorate will go into this referendum fully informed of the pros and cons and capable of making a sophisticated decision about what will be a massive and lasting change (for better or worse) remains to be seen.

It's splitting hairs - buts it's 12 out of 59. This is a coalition government with 1 Conservative and 11 Liberal Democrat MPs representing Scotland in it.

Liberal Democrat policy on quite a few issues was significantly different to Tory policy before the last general election. The 11 Liberal Democrat MPs representing Scotland were not elected to support Tory government policy, something which Scotland has comprehensively rejected for 35 years.

Only one person who honestly stood as a Tory in Scotland at the last general election won a seat. You have to be particularly dishonest to deny that Scotland has a long history of opposing Tory policies.