Nigel Farage wants the BBC to stop making shows like Doctor Who, Strictly, Top Gear, etc

[~British Soul~]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-wants-the-bbc-to-stop-making-doctor-who-strictly-come-dancing-and-top-gear-10193051.html

 

Not sure how I feel about this, but I kinda don't want that to happen.

[.Rai]

Does he unequivocally hate fun?

he can absolutely piss off

[Resident Fascist]

Does he unequivocally hate fun?
 

 

He hates everything. I swear to god this party is a complete joke.

[.Rai]

The sheer thought of Nigel Farage even having a chance at running the country absolutely terrifies me, to be honest.

[Forest Fire]

1) who is this guy? 

2) why does his opinion matter? 

3) he should piss off. 

4) fuck him.

[Jord200]

I'm guessing this is your guy's version of s*** Wommnie. And yes, I spelt that dumbass's name like that for a reason. The asshat who tried to run for office a couple years ago.

[Shalltear Bloodfallen]

As if I needed more reasons to hate that guy, and his party.

And I'm not even british.

[Simping For Hina]

What he is doing is for the better of the country. Fun is bad, right? Who needs to cry when a companion of the Doctor dies? Not me.

[Shalltear Bloodfallen]

*EDIT* Accidental doublepost, sorry

[Azure Wolf]

I had no idea who this was an I'm British. I don't see how wanting to stop some of the BBC's most popular shows can benefit his party in the slightest.

 

Oh well not really going to vote for Stormont let alone PM. Only going to vote for the party that actually does something.

[.Rai]

I had no idea who this was an I'm British. I don't see how wanting to stop some of the BBC's most popular shows can benefit his party in the slightest.
 
Oh well not really going to vote for Stormont let alone PM. Only going to vote for the party that actually does something.

Stormont? Oh, if you're in Northern Ireland, you've probably heard less of Farage's antics. I mean, he's absurdly traditionalist, he knows what kind of people vote for him (essentially anyone who lives in the small English traditional towns). He's kinda racist, pretty anti-immigration, kinda homophobic, all round nutter.

[Zauls]

Farage just wants to take Britain back into the 1950s. This, grammar schools and lack of any kind of ethnic diversity. He will probably try and ban the internet at some point.

[~ P O L A R I S ~]

Between David Cameron and this guy, ugh and ick. 

[ihop]

Interesting, the majority of leaders who made sure their country watches only educational things have been dictators...

 

:suspicious:

[Aerion Brightflame]

It's not like this is really going to dent his chances. 

 

Like the proportion of people who were happy to vote for him despite the racism, and would suddenly be put off by this must be tiny. 

 

In essence it's just a play on the age old idea that; 'Bad publicity is still publicity. And all publicity is good publicity.' 

 

As Rai said, Farage knows what sorts of people will vote for him, so he's playing for them. Given that the idea of a majority goverment seems a little far off this time around, he's just trying to get enough seats to be at the bargaining table when it comes to choosing the next coalition. 

 

And this was not unexpected when you consider his constituents (Who are the kind to dislike the 'new bbc'), and Farage's well know distaste of the current BBC.

[bury the year]

I'm guessing this is your guy's version of s*** Wommnie. And yes, I spelt that dumbass's name like that for a reason. The asshat who tried to run for office a couple years ago.

For the record, Romney wasn't half bad as a governor. (I should know: I'm a Bay Stater and was aligned with him during his gubernatorial campaign.) It's just it was when he tried to get overambitious that things fell apart. Running for president meant he had to curry favor with the greater GOP, and since Massachusetts' Republicans are actually relatively centrist, that meant he had to appeal to the nutters.

But yeah, anyone else getting whiffs of 1984 yet?

[Fusion X. Denver]

I just don't understand what any sort of benefit would come out of excluding those programs. 

I would think a ton of BBC's money would come from Top Gear and Doctor Whos' viewership alone; removing those would be capitalist castration.

[EHN.]

They are all tossers, the whole lot of them. Cameron, Farage, Miliband. At this point I couldn't give a monkeys about any of them, they are all as bad as each other.

[Freddie Fabb]

Jesus Christ, i consider myself a UKIP supporter but this is just plain wrong. How can he expect to get support by doing stuff like this?

Gonna take it with a grain of salt though, could always be lefty propaganda.

[Tentacruel]

Pardon the language, but what a faggot. 

[The Amazing Avian]

First I hear about Ted Cruz in the US now this guy in the UK. Politicians are either being paid a lot to push an agenda or they're completely stupid

[Zauls]

[Freddie Fabb]

#whyimvotingukip

[Chaotic Angel]

Having Nigel Farage run the country is complete bollocks. I hated the bastard the moment I saw him. If he ran the country... I will literally grab a knife from somewhere, slit his throat and bury his corpse way underwater so no one can notice.

[The banterbus is in town]

If you aren't voting Green, you should pay my tuiton fees for me.

 

Oh wait, being Scottish means I don't have fees :^)