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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Farage used a series of white nationalist tropes in his 7,000-word essay on Substack on 15 June titled ‘Britain is a two tier state – against white people’, in which he called for the repeal of the 2010 Equality Act, describing it as the means by which “anti-Whiteness is institutionalised into every aspect of public life.”

In a video published this week, he stated that white working-class boys were “currently the lowest-performing group in the country’s education system thanks to the Equality Act”, and pledged that Reform UK would “scrap it and return Britain to a meritocracy.” However, the official data Farage cites contradicts both his education claim and the causal argument on which his case for repeal rests.

What a worthless dumpster of hate.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 13 points 1 day ago

Britain has never, ever, been a meritocracy.

He just spouts lies on top of lies.

[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

The fact he is both still alive and free after what he did with brexit shows how much more restraint the British have developed in the last few years.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

Farage begins his argument with a truth, which is that white working-class boys are failing in Britain’s schools.

Farage won't fix it, all he cares about is scoring cheap political points. The problem is nobody else will even pretend to care about it, especially not on the left.

[–] manniesalado@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think whites have an easier ride than more coloured folk.

[–] MJB1990@kbin.earth -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Take it your American? Weirdly enough there's a massive issue class over here that doesn't quite mesh with your dulux colour chart style of oppression. your parents income levels are far more likely to cause discrimination here than your skin color but keep up the shitty takes guy

If you tell me Brexit wasnt about racism and white nationalism you are fooling yourself.