[Closed] Farage should be UK ambassador..... says Trump....

He said diplomacy wasn't one of his talents, I think we'd all agree on that.

A special advisor to the US for their EU relationship would be just brilliant 🙂

Why not? Look at who our foreign minister is, there's no point half doing a job is there?

Nigel in the role of diplomat? What could possibly go wrong? Cheers!!!

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certainly would....after all its not really about who 'we' want!

What is going on with those teeth?
The mercians would never put up with that type of dental.

Presumably he would be reporting to BoJo. I'm sure it would be fine.

What even is a Nigel Farage?

Did enjoy Frankie Boyle's autopsy the other night.

The world has gone mad, but not THAT mad.

Farrage is an embarrassment with none of the required skills - intellect, wisdom, tact, subtelty and diplomacy.

Farrage is an embarrassment with none of the required skills - intellect, wisdom, tact, subtelty and diplomacy

Sounds perfect for our new political climate 😉

If Trump endorses him that seems like a good reason not to give him the job

"Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way" David Frost (or Daniel Vare)

Unfortunately Farage's art is of the idiot school.

If Trump endorses him that seems like a good reason not to give him the job

If Trump endorses him that seems like Exactly the Right reason to give him the job. Keep ol' Trumpy on board, and milk the US state for all it's worth! 🙂

"Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way" David Frost (or Daniel Vare)

Most worrying is that he and Trump apparently spent a lot of time discussing wind farms in Scotland. I was wondering when Trump would turn his attention back to Scotland, like some great, dim-witted eye of Sauron 🙁

edit:

“But one thing Mr Trump kept returning to was the issue of wind farms. He is a complete Anglophile and also absolutely adores Scotland, which he thinks is one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

“But he is dismayed that his beloved Scotland has become over-run with ugly wind farms, which he believes are a blight on the stunning landscape.”

Apparently people were responding that if the US gets to choose the UK ambassador then it's only fair that we get to choose theirs. So how about Jesse Jackson?

Hahahahahahahahaahahaha! No.

Farage. Not even once.

Well in his defence he managed to get a referendum without even having any power. Just cause I pointed this out does not mean I'm a Farage/UKIP supporter, just able to see what he has achieved. Froth away.

That was put much better by 5th.

“But one thing Mr Trump kept returning to was the issue of wind farms. He is a complete Anglophile and also absolutely adores Scotland, which he thinks is one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
“But he is dismayed that his beloved Scotland has become over-run with ugly wind farms, which he believes are a blight on the stunning landscape."

Nothing to do with climate change denier Trumps vested interest in his Scottish golf club, and objections to the nearby wind farm, no sir.

[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-35106581 ]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-35106581[/url]

He is a complete Anglophile and also absolutely adores Scotland

Spoken like a true American. He loves England, especially the Scottish bit. 😀

also absolutely adores Scotland

Most worrying is that he and Trump apparently spent a lot of time discussing wind farms in Scotland. I was wondering when Trump would turn his attention back to Scotland, like some great, dim-witted eye of Sauron

Read this;
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1999/02/scot-f03.html it is old but sets out how US citizens with Scottish past see Walter Scotts stories and Braveheart the movie as factual recollections of Scottish life.

Its not available online anymore but the recent documentary proving the founders of the KKK and much of the Southern US slave trade to be Scottish was fascinating; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07yjk0j

"The Scottish National Party raises support and maintains an office in the US, and its recruiting leaflets are circulated at Celtic fairs and events. Hague warned them: "Scottishness in the USA is tied up in a politics much further to the right than the SNP advocate for Scotland. Perhaps this could come back to haunt Scotland, especially as the feeling is that American Scots should have more say in Scottish affairs."

I fear we are in for a shit storm of very misled 'Nationalism' Scottish, US and English

Its not available online anymore but the recent documentary proving the founders of the KKK and much of the Southern US slave trade to be Scottish was fascinating;

Eew, fascinating and scary in equal parts. I'd started reading 'A Dance Called America' by James Hunter which spoke of the Scottish part in some of the battles in America (although that was the war for independence I think, with Scots on both sides). Not sure if he gets on to the civil war.

Scottishness in the USA is tied up in a politics much further to the right than the SNP advocate for Scotland.

there is an odd vein of scottish-americans in neo-nazi groups.

Hey buddy! Which county is Scotlanshire in anyway?

I tend to agree with this observation:

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Except measles doesn't normally result in division, expulsion, violence or even genocide further down the road.

It is fair to say the good people of Scotland have a warm relationship with the Fanta Faced One

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https://www.buzzfeed.com/hilarywardle/beat-it-bawbag
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/i-am-learning-so-much-cool-slang
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hilarywardle/custard-flavoured-jobby

Except that measles doesn't normally result in division, expulsion, violence and/or genocide further down the road.

It's a good analogy - like measles, nationalism is not too bad if you get over it while you are young, but if you develop it in later life then it can get really nasty.

As has been pointed out by no 10, there isn't a vacancy. Anyway if Trump wants to choose our ambassador, we should choose theirs. Any suggestions?

Any suggestions?

That Clinton lady seems nice.

jambalaya - Member
He said diplomacy wasn't one of his talents, I think we'd all agree on that.

A special advisor to the US for their EU relationship would be just brilliant

I think I know jambas game now, you're one of those Endtimers, aren't you? 😆

Thanks GrahamS for linking [url] https://www.buzzfeed.com/hilarywardle/custard-flavoured-jobby?utm_term=.vlGzjYlo7#.bhrDBQX8n [/url]

Haven't laughed so hard for a good while.

@realDonaldTrump Scotland voted Remain, you onion-eyed flap dragon

Spoken like a true American. He loves England, especially the Scottish bit.

😆

nationalism is not too bad if you get over it while you are young

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bawbag

Some things are best in the original Scottish! I love this insult!

Quite avdave2:

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I'm waiting for Farage to be charged by the CPS, as they intend to.
Whilst this won't dampen his enthusiasm it will be a clear message to his supporters.

seems farage has taken [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38064664 ]umbridge[/url] that "it's not what you know but who you know" hasn't cut any ice this side of the channel.

The world has gone mad, but not THAT mad.

Farrage is an embarrassment with none of the required skills - intellect, wisdom, tact, subtelty and diplomacy.

The world has gone mad, THAT mad.

Trump is an embarrassment with none of the required skills - intellect, wisdom, tact, subtlety and diplomacy.

not been picked up on it yet, must of been a Freudian slip 😕 😳

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...at least there'll be none of that foreign muck at his receptions. "Malteser your excellency?"

We should make him our ambassador to Mars.

To whose benefit would such an appointment be?
Can you imagine Naughty Nigel putting his country's best interests before those of his best new friend?

"To whose benefit would such an appointment be?
Can you imagine Naughty Nigel putting his country's best interests before those of his best new friend?"

Both xenophobic *and* too friendly with foreigners.

I love fariges false modesty (see below)

of course after the tories shot him down he referred to westminster as a cesspit 😆

I can still scarcely believe that he did that though speaking to a couple of his long time friends perhaps I am a little less surprised.

They all say the same thing: that Trump is a very loyal man and supports those that stand by him.

It is called trust and it is how the whole world of business operates. Sadly, the cesspit that is career politics understands nothing of this.

A better British Ambassador than Nigel Farage.

Still shite.

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he referred to westminster as a cesspit

Did Trump copyright "swamp"?

Can we look forward to Nigel campaigning to "unplug the cesspit" ?

Heard this on the radio this morning, is it already April 1st?

I fear we are in for a shit storm of very misled 'Nationalism' Scottish, US and English

A minority of alt-right US Celtic enthusiasts fantasising about a mythical Aryan Alba has nothing to do with modern Scotland. I voted Yes in the independence referendum, like many other people, because I didn't want Scotland to go down the xenophobic, anti EU path that the UK seems to be following, led by Farage and his ilk.

The most depressing thing about all this is that Government responded to Trump at all. It was a ****ing tweet.

At least it would get rid of him.

Get used to it. I suspect most of Trump's policy announcements and international relations will be conducted via twitter.

Trump fails to appreciate that UK ambassadors are not appointed for political reasons. Hard concept to get over in 140 characters or whatever ****ter is.

I totally agree with Trump that Farage should be UK ambassador.

The special relationship will be enhanced further with Farage in place ...

Then they can smash the EU bureaucratic system to pieces. 😛

Farage is just Diet Trump. Same bad taste just less fat. Does Trump genuinely think that countries can choose what ambassadors they want? His actions over the last week show how little he knows about the job he's supposed to do.

It irks me when when people use the trem 'alt-right', why not call it like it is, fascism.

It irks me when when people use the trem 'alt-right', why not call it like it is, fascism.

As I understand it, alt-right encompasses a wider range of nasties than just fascists, like xenophobes, anti-semites, racists and misogynists, and since the people concerned seem happy to be described as alt-right, it seems a better way to identify your enemy.

Previously posted on the wrong thread.

Farage as ambassador to the court of Trump sounds excellent. The Trumpsters would love him, everyone else would realise that we were taking the mickey, it would keep him busy elsewhere and (now this is important) it would allow him to leave Europe whether Britain does or not. Wins all round.
Now if we could just change the locks while he's out...

I thought they were small state? So not fascists. In the same way anarchists aren't marxists despite both being dickheads.

They claim to be small state, except they want the state to spend an awful lot of time interfering in people's lives (pro-lifers, heavy handed justice system, no teaching anything controversial like Darwinism or the facts of climate change), so I'm not sure they really are.

If Trump endorses him that seems like a good reason not to give him the job

If Trump endorses him that seems like Exactly the Right reason to give him the job. Keep ol' Trumpy on board, and milk the US state for all it's worth!

Sorry Stoner.....I liked you.

Could he get us a decent/better trade deal?
A man on the inside is no bad thing is it?

mitsumonkey - Member
Could he get us a decent/better trade deal?
A man on the inside is no bad thing is it?

They are pals so of course Farage can regardless what others say.

Everyone can "rationalise" as much as they like but the fact is that Farage has direct link to the world most powerful person is an envy for most.

Even the Russian consider Merica the number one superpower.

I repeat, anything that gets Farage out of the UK and keeps him out is worth considering.