Stircrazy wrote:

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The unspeakable, odious, obnoxious Farage in a nutshell, as presented by Hugo Rifkind in yesterday's Times.

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Have you seen his latest clanger ?

https://x.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1803428288867557852

He states here that he will cancel the UK's membership of the World Economic Forum.  Unfortunately for him, the WEF is a business advisory body.  It doesn't have members.  You'd think before tweeting out something like that he'd at least check his facts.

He wants to run the country and yet it seems he cares less about detail than Johnson did.

Stircrazy wrote:

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The unspeakable, odious, obnoxious Farage in a nutshell, as presented by Hugo Rifkind in yesterday's Times.

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 Nigel Farage, an ugly toad faced man with an ugly heart to match, has proven time and time again just how despicable he truly is. After successfully duping the UK into Brexit, he promptly did a disappearing act, leaving the mess he created for others to clean up.

But now, like a lurking ****roach emerging from the shadows, Farage has resurfaced just in time for the general election, hoping to capitalize on the chaos he helped to create. His blatant disregard for the welfare of the people he claims to represent is astounding, as evidenced by his callous comments about cutting funding for the NHS and his close ties to unsavory characters such as Trump. Farage's laundry list of mistakes is longer than a Sunday sermon, from his failed leadership of UKIP to his stint as a radio host where he made insensitive comments about disabled children.

In short, Nigel Farage is nothing more than a snake oil salesman in a cheap suit, willing to throw anyone under the bus if it means advancing his own selfish agenda. Why is this not obvious to everyone?

I've just read a piece by Emily Maitlis in the i which I think does a good job of capturing why Farage continues to be popular. archive.ph/wIYDt

Key quote: "Nigel is back telling the crowd at his manifesto launch, in the Welsh valleys of Merthyr Tydfil, that he shares their grievance with what has happened. Of course he does.
Hes always there to share your grievance. Even if hes caused it in the first place."

OK. This is a more personal comment relating to the upcoming election.

This evening, I have received confirmation that I am registered to vote in the election. I believe that it is too late for me to apply for a postal vote. I think I will therefore need to vote via Proxy. My question is this. Does the person I give the proxy vote to have to be in the same constituency in which I am eligible to vote ?

Any advice would be appreciated.

steven wrote:

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They certainly had to be when I was in the US and needed to appoint a proxy in 2019, so I doubt that has changed.

Proxy makes more sense anyway if you can find someone who is allowed to do it. In 2017, when I was also in the US, I requested a postal vote and it never arrived (not just not in time, never) making that the only election since I turned 18 that I have failed to vote in, though not for want of trying!

Edit: actually, it doesn't specifically say that on the paper version of the proxy form, though I assume it does have to be someone who is registered to vote somewhere in the UK and can get to what would be your polling station.

-- Edited by steven on Friday 21st of June 2024 10:02:10 PM

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I have been hunting around on Google and it appears that the person I appoint as a Proxy has to go to the local polling station so definitely got to be someone from the area.  That's going to be difficult.  I left there 25 years ago and don't know anybody.

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As suggested in your edit.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Friday 21st of June 2024 10:04:19 PM

The Electoral Commission don't have any advice if you don't have an obvious proxy, so I went looking for some on the party sites.

The first one that came up when I looked for advice on proxy voting for overseas voters says:

"Given the issues and delays associated with postal votes, Labour International recommends the use of proxies. Dont have a proxy voter you can use? Contact us at general-election@labourinternational.net, and we will match you with one!" (from www.labourinternational.net/overseas-voting/)

I don't know which party you want to vote for but I imagine they all provide this kind of option, it's in their own interests, after all.

Good luck sorting it out!

emmsie69 wrote:

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Starmer is a coward. Honestly I'd rather have someone with some conviction even if I didn't agree with them than Starmer.
The way Rosie Duffield has been treated and the lack of publuc support from Starmer is an absolute disgrace

 

The linked article would be funny if it wasn't so accurate

https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/06/19/why-we-must-never-forget-or-forgive-starmers-trans-lunacy/

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From Jenni Russell's assessment in yesterday's Times of the BBC Question Time "leaders' special" on Thursday evening:

Starmer was also asked about his lack of support for Rosie Duffield, the MP who has been politically isolated and physically threatened for her gender-critical beliefs. His answer was evasive and unclear. He did not mention Duffield or apologise for the fact that she is still persona non grata, even when he and his party have wobbled closer to her position. Instead he cited another man, saying: I agree with Tony Blair when he said women have vaginas. He drew a distinction between sex and gender, excused his stance on the toxicity of the trans issue and said that people who felt their gender was different deserved support.