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LeftishBrit

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2. 'Put the great back in Britain' - ugh!

Reply to Bad Dog (Original post)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 08:55 AM

Nov 2016

Can't stand that cliché.

UKIP people do seem to have remarkably suitable names: Nutter (well, nearly); Hookem; (Big Bad) Woolfe. Farage is not far off farrago - a confused mish-mash or hodgepodge, often used for combinations of silly ideas.

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Paul Nuttall elected as UKIP leader [View all] Bad Dog Nov 2016 OP

he has the name to lead a party like UKIP rurallib Nov 2016 #1

'Put the great back in Britain' - ugh! LeftishBrit Nov 2016 #2

"62.6% of support among party members" Denzil_DC Nov 2016 #3

That's not enough votes to win a Westminster seat. Bad Dog Nov 2016 #4

Well, party membership doesn't equal votes, unfortunately. Denzil_DC Nov 2016 #5

They also lose a lot of MEPs. Some defect, others end up in court. Bad Dog Nov 2016 #6

I cannot fathom why they don't make Carswell their leader T_i_B Nov 2016 #7

Because Carswell, hard-right as he may seem to us... LeftishBrit Nov 2016 #8

"Libertarian" doesn't really mean anything these days T_i_B Dec 2016 #9