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[-] adam_y@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago

"Disrupter"... Yeah, we need to stop using that word. He's as much part of the establishment as the Tory members he's helped replace.

His party is a corporate entity, and we'll see how he gets on niw that he legally has to file his financial interests.

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Not liking Farage is one thing but making up shit is another.

Of course he has had an impact on British politics. To say otherwise is madness.

[-] adam_y@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Are you saying that I made something up? If so, let me know which bit it is and I'll happily correct it.

Just to be clear though, I wasn't saying he hasn't had an impact on British politics. As the front man for some very shady interests he helped bring about a brexit referendum by causing the Tory party internal angst (Cameron really thought the country would vote to remain and he'd silence the right of his party that was being egged in by Farage). Nor am I negating that he has enjoyed unprecedented media exposure that has helped divide the UK.

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