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That's weird. Why do the titles claim he said the opposite of what you quote? The more I listen to him directly (rather than read headlines about him), the more he starts to seem like just a classical tory from the 90s or 00s.
Edit: I stand corrected
https://youtu.be/mfyiSk8Rjc8?si=r_rb5o7QL1EeJDq4
Just a classical racist, authoritarian, immigrant hating, war justifying, commodity trading tory from the 90s or 00s. Perhaps like Enoch Powell? Although he left parliament in the 80s.
I suspect that Powell would be disgusted by someone like Farage. Powell was wrong-headed and eccentric, but not a con artist. And he was responsible for the deaths of many Nazis and Japanese Imperial soldiers.
If you watch the linked video, it talks about Farage trying to ally himself with Powell and Powell rejecting his advances. So yes, you're correct. My point was the Tories had a vocal racist in their ranks, and they kicked him out. A racist that Farage idolises.
The Tories are scumbags but at least they have (or had) a veneer of some kind of morals about them. Farage doesn't have that quality, so to say he's reminiscent of a 90s or 00s Tory is raising him above his station. Even if it's an incredibly low bar to begin with.
He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a position of power.
Because he actually did say the opposite of what was quoted? It wouldn't be the first time he was talking out both sides of his mouth.
Because we live in a society that doesn't read articles anymore, and gets all of their news just from headlines.
It's easier for editors to make a provocative headline than it is to make a balanced one.