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"on LBC. Isn't he still picking up his salary as an MEP until 2019? " Farage has already been hosting regular radio shows on LBC for quite some time. They must be popular shows with good ratings if they now want to have him on daily. | |||
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"I presune the Farage worshipers on here will be able to listen online. Have fun all of you! "Will they be able to hear him over the sound of this own fapping?!  | |||
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"'Farage and his fellow Ukip MEPs will continue to pocket their £84,000 a year salaries for the foreseeable future, the party has confirmed. Parliamentarians get €8,213.02 a month before tax, or €98,556 (£83,959) a year, plus thousands of euros to spend on office costs, travel expenses and daily expenditure. And as it is paid in euros, British MEPs will find their spending money goes further than before when they change it into sterling. Thanks to the plunging pound, they’ve effectively received a £8,938 pay rise since the Brexit vote. Some MEPs, such as the Scottish nationalist MEP Alyn Smith, choose to take a lower salary in line with UK parliamentarians. But not Ukip. A Ukip spokesman told The Staggers: “UKIP MEPs have a mandate from the people who elect them and get paid like every other MEP. “They will continue to represent their electorate until they leave the European Union.” Farage, who stood down as Ukip leader, said he plans to continue to speak in the European Parliament "from time to time". His last notable appearance was after the Brexit vote, when he told his colleagues they had never done a proper job in their lives. He was asked in response: "Why are you here?" Farage himself is one of the biggest skivers from parliamentary sessions. He is ranked 746th out of 751 MEPs when it comes to voting on things. Ukip MEPs are not the only Eurosceptics we send to Brussels (Exhibit A: Tory MEP Daniel Hannan). But the European Parliament tells us: “We are not aware of any members notifying us that they will not be taking their salaries.” The parliamentary spokeswoman also confirmed that as the results of the referendum do not trigger an automatic withdrawal, British MEPs in theory retain their mandate until the next European Election in 2019.' " If the EU wants and expects Britain to continue to pay it's full contribution fee and we must also adhere in full to EU rules and regulations until our full exit, then it's only right that British MEP's (of any party) can still collect their full salary. Once we leave the EU then British MEP's will leave the EU parliament and so won't collect a salary. Seems pretty fair to me. Now on voting records, have a look at Nick Cleggs voting record in the house of commons since the last general election. I did post the exact figures on another thread a couple of months ago (can't remember the exact figure from the top of my head) but Cleggs voting record and attendance in the house of commons has been very poor since the general election. When Clegg turned up to vote on the article 50 vote in the house of commons around the beginning of December it was reported in the newspapers some MP's joked "who is he?" as he had been absent so much people were joking about recognising him. | |||
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"I don't think the issue is with him collecting a salary, it's about him putting a fucking shift in in return. As for Nick Clegg, there is a convention about former leaders keeping a low profile while the new leader, or PM, gets on with the job. On Thatcher, surprise, surprise, didn't do that. The only person who has voted less than Farage is a guy from Ireland who fell from a building and is paralysed, ffs! "  its OK for Farage though, he's sticking it to the system! If it was a Labour or SNP MEP mind... | |||
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"I don't think the issue is with him collecting a salary, it's about him putting a fucking shift in in return. As for Nick Clegg, there is a convention about former leaders keeping a low profile while the new leader, or PM, gets on with the job. On Thatcher, surprise, surprise, didn't do that. The only person who has voted less than Farage is a guy from Ireland who fell from a building and is paralysed, ffs! " Well ukip have a new leader don't they. His name is Paul Nuttal, so as you point out if there is a convention about former leaders keeping a low profile, isn't that what Farage is doing while Nuttal gets on with the job of leading ukip. | |||
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"I don't think the issue is with him collecting a salary, it's about him putting a fucking shift in in return. As for Nick Clegg, there is a convention about former leaders keeping a low profile while the new leader, or PM, gets on with the job. On Thatcher, surprise, surprise, didn't do that. The only person who has voted less than Farage is a guy from Ireland who fell from a building and is paralysed, ffs! Well ukip have a new leader don't they. His name is Paul Nuttal, so as you point out if there is a convention about former leaders keeping a low profile, isn't that what Farage is doing while Nuttal gets on with the job of leading ukip." You have a bloody strange definition of 'low profile' mate! | |||
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"I don't think the issue is with him collecting a salary, it's about him putting a fucking shift in in return. As for Nick Clegg, there is a convention about former leaders keeping a low profile while the new leader, or PM, gets on with the job. On Thatcher, surprise, surprise, didn't do that. The only person who has voted less than Farage is a guy from Ireland who fell from a building and is paralysed, ffs! Well ukip have a new leader don't they. His name is Paul Nuttal, so as you point out if there is a convention about former leaders keeping a low profile, isn't that what Farage is doing while Nuttal gets on with the job of leading ukip. You have a bloody strange definition of 'low profile' mate!" Nick Clegg seems too aswel then doesn't he! Since he stepped down as leader of the Lib dems he is on television more than Tim Farron! Just the other night when Ivan Rogers resigned Clegg was one of the first politicians to give an interview on sky news about it, he couldn't wait to get his mug on telly and attempt to twist the knife. | |||
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"We all know, and probably accept, even though we don't necessarily agree with it, that MPs and MEPs (MSPs, AMs and NLAs too I assume?) get paid regardless of their actual attendance in the relevant chamber. To some extent that seems fair enough if they're away doing something else related to their role. Farage does seem to be a particularly bad example of this. It is, I find, interesting on here, however, that there are those who don't condem him but, instead, appear to defend him by giving examples of those who are bad too. I'd love it if you would just say "OK, it's a fair cop, his attendance is shite". Living more in hope than expectation...." I find it funny on here the amount of threads that are started about Farage. If Nick Cleggs voting record or attendance is poor then why not start a thread about him instead? It's double standards all over. As you say though, living more in hope than expectation..... | |||
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"I don't think the issue is with him collecting a salary, it's about him putting a fucking shift in in return. As for Nick Clegg, there is a convention about former leaders keeping a low profile while the new leader, or PM, gets on with the job. On Thatcher, surprise, surprise, didn't do that. The only person who has voted less than Farage is a guy from Ireland who fell from a building and is paralysed, ffs! Well ukip have a new leader don't they. His name is Paul Nuttal, so as you point out if there is a convention about former leaders keeping a low profile, isn't that what Farage is doing while Nuttal gets on with the job of leading ukip. You have a bloody strange definition of 'low profile' mate! Nick Clegg seems too aswel then doesn't he! Since he stepped down as leader of the Lib dems he is on television more than Tim Farron! Just the other night when Ivan Rogers resigned Clegg was one of the first politicians to give an interview on sky news about it, he couldn't wait to get his mug on telly and attempt to twist the knife. " Hey, wasn't me who said Clegg kept a low profile! But you're still doing it, not saying St Nige is bad. Go on, Centaur, say it, just utter these words: Nigel Farage's attendance at the European Parliament is shite. Can you do it? | |||
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"We all know, and probably accept, even though we don't necessarily agree with it, that MPs and MEPs (MSPs, AMs and NLAs too I assume?) get paid regardless of their actual attendance in the relevant chamber. To some extent that seems fair enough if they're away doing something else related to their role. Farage does seem to be a particularly bad example of this. It is, I find, interesting on here, however, that there are those who don't condem him but, instead, appear to defend him by giving examples of those who are bad too. I'd love it if you would just say "OK, it's a fair cop, his attendance is shite". Living more in hope than expectation.... I find it funny on here the amount of threads that are started about Farage. If Nick Cleggs voting record or attendance is poor then why not start a thread about him instead? It's double standards all over. As you say though, living more in hope than expectation....." What for? Who cares what Clegg's record is? But I do care what Farage's record is. He's a gross hypocrite (German secretary) who appears to claim to speak for the british people (Trump), etc. | |||
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"We all know, and probably accept, even though we don't necessarily agree with it, that MPs and MEPs (MSPs, AMs and NLAs too I assume?) get paid regardless of their actual attendance in the relevant chamber. To some extent that seems fair enough if they're away doing something else related to their role. Farage does seem to be a particularly bad example of this. It is, I find, interesting on here, however, that there are those who don't condem him but, instead, appear to defend him by giving examples of those who are bad too. I'd love it if you would just say "OK, it's a fair cop, his attendance is shite". Living more in hope than expectation.... I find it funny on here the amount of threads that are started about Farage. If Nick Cleggs voting record or attendance is poor then why not start a thread about him instead? It's double standards all over. As you say though, living more in hope than expectation..... What for? Who cares what Clegg's record is? But I do care what Farage's record is. He's a gross hypocrite (German secretary) who appears to claim to speak for the british people (Trump), etc." 2 can play at that game. Who cares what Farage's record is? But I do care what Cleggs record is. He's a gross hypocrite who says he wants parliament and the house of commons to have sovereignty and that parliament must vote on article 50, but he can't be arsed to turn up and vote on anything else in parliament half the time. | |||
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"We all know, and probably accept, even though we don't necessarily agree with it, that MPs and MEPs (MSPs, AMs and NLAs too I assume?) get paid regardless of their actual attendance in the relevant chamber. To some extent that seems fair enough if they're away doing something else related to their role. Farage does seem to be a particularly bad example of this. It is, I find, interesting on here, however, that there are those who don't condem him but, instead, appear to defend him by giving examples of those who are bad too. I'd love it if you would just say "OK, it's a fair cop, his attendance is shite". Living more in hope than expectation.... I find it funny on here the amount of threads that are started about Farage. If Nick Cleggs voting record or attendance is poor then why not start a thread about him instead? It's double standards all over. As you say though, living more in hope than expectation..... What for? Who cares what Clegg's record is? But I do care what Farage's record is. He's a gross hypocrite (German secretary) who appears to claim to speak for the british people (Trump), etc. 2 can play at that game. Who cares what Farage's record is? But I do care what Cleggs record is. He's a gross hypocrite who says he wants parliament and the house of commons to have sovereignty and that parliament must vote on article 50, but he can't be arsed to turn up and vote on anything else in parliament half the time. " Go on Centaur, say it  | |||
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"I presune the Farage worshipers on here will be able to listen online. Have fun all of you! "...thanks...can't wait. | |||
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"Just wish MEP's of all nationalities would stay away more. Save us a fortune" Er what? How do you work that out? Isn't the whole point of this that they get paid even if they don't attend? Is this correct? If so, how would we save a fortune? | |||
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"Just wish MEP's of all nationalities would stay away more. Save us a fortune" How exactly? | |||
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"We all know, and probably accept, even though we don't necessarily agree with it, that MPs and MEPs (MSPs, AMs and NLAs too I assume?) get paid regardless of their actual attendance in the relevant chamber. To some extent that seems fair enough if they're away doing something else related to their role. Farage does seem to be a particularly bad example of this. It is, I find, interesting on here, however, that there are those who don't condem him but, instead, appear to defend him by giving examples of those who are bad too. I'd love it if you would just say "OK, it's a fair cop, his attendance is shite". Living more in hope than expectation.... I find it funny on here the amount of threads that are started about Farage. If Nick Cleggs voting record or attendance is poor then why not start a thread about him instead? It's double standards all over. As you say though, living more in hope than expectation..... What for? Who cares what Clegg's record is? But I do care what Farage's record is. He's a gross hypocrite (German secretary) who appears to claim to speak for the british people (Trump), etc." Farage is an arse. He was however elected to his post. Presumably those who voted for him knew he wasn't interested in voting in EU stuff. | |||
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"You don't think those who voted for him listened to him when he said the EU was responsible for drafting all sorts of terrible legislation and thought 'hmmm, maybe we need someone to vote against that'? All I can conclude was in all his time there there can't have been much he actually disagreed with. Well, that would be a logical conclusion if I didn't know what a slimy unprincipled self serving arse he was." While I agree he is an arse, I think that those who voted for him couldn't give a damn whether he turned up or not. I don't know, of course, because I have not carried out a definitive poll. | |||
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"You don't think those who voted for him listened to him when he said the EU was responsible for drafting all sorts of terrible legislation and thought 'hmmm, maybe we need someone to vote against that'? All I can conclude was in all his time there there can't have been much he actually disagreed with. Well, that would be a logical conclusion if I didn't know what a slimy unprincipled self serving arse he was." That's a very good point... How best to fight the evil euro centric policies than to vote against them Unless of course democracy is a joke? | |||
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"You don't think those who voted for him listened to him when he said the EU was responsible for drafting all sorts of terrible legislation and thought 'hmmm, maybe we need someone to vote against that'? All I can conclude was in all his time there there can't have been much he actually disagreed with. Well, that would be a logical conclusion if I didn't know what a slimy unprincipled self serving arse he was. That's a very good point... How best to fight the evil euro centric policies than to vote against them Unless of course democracy is a joke? " But he didn't vote against them. He hardly turned up. The UK was on the 'losing' side of less than 2% of all votes in the EU. Ie the U.K. got what it wanted on over 98% of the issues it voted on. -Matt | |||
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"Just wish MEP's of all nationalities would stay away more. Save us a fortune Er what? How do you work that out? Isn't the whole point of this that they get paid even if they don't attend? Is this correct? If so, how would we save a fortune?" so you've not seen the expenses bill? And can you explain the reason for the once a month jolly to Strasburg? | |||
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"I know Matt... I was being sarcastic, it shows what a nasty prick farage is " Gotcha. Sorry missed the sarcasm Anyways, good job we took back control from the MEPs we elected to represent us. Because we feel so put out that we only agreed with 98% of the motions voted on. 
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"Perhaps the MEP's collecting a salary but not doing any work, such as Mr Farage, could use their salary and donate it to worthy causes, such as compensating the victims of racial abuse that their imagery and rhetoric helped to encourage. Just a thought. " I think that Nigel Farage can only be described as a grafter who works extremely hard and has battled against all the odds to achieve a lifetime ambition of ensuring that we leave the EU. Have any of his constituents complained about his lack of hard work. As we are leaving the EU there would be little point in him attending any of the meetings and who cares whether or not he attends . We should be proud of the relationship which he has built up with Donald Trump. He is entitled to every penny of his MPs salary. If you are seeking to save money , just get rid of some of the overpaid bureaucrats in Brussels . We can thank Nigel Farage for being the driving force behind the referendum and allowing every citizen in the UK to vote on their future . You can hardly get fairer than that . | |||
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"Just wish MEP's of all nationalities would stay away more. Save us a fortune Er what? How do you work that out? Isn't the whole point of this that they get paid even if they don't attend? Is this correct? If so, how would we save a fortune? so you've not seen the expenses bill? And can you explain the reason for the once a month jolly to Strasburg?" OK, but the expense bill is smallish compared to the salaries, and isn't most of it paid whether it's claimed or not? I don't know though? What exactly has my ability to explain the Strasburg trip got to do with you point that if the MEPs didn't turn up we'd "save a fortune"? The cost of it wouldn't change if the MEPs didn't turn up, at least not to any significant degree. | |||
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"I think that Nigel Farage can only be described as a grafter who works extremely hard and has battled against all the odds to achieve a lifetime ambition of ensuring that we leave the EU. Have any of his constituents complained about his lack of hard work. As we are leaving the EU there would be little point in him attending any of the meetings and who cares whether or not he attends . We should be proud of the relationship which he has built up with Donald Trump. He is entitled to every penny of his MPs salary. If you are seeking to save money , just get rid of some of the overpaid bureaucrats in Brussels . We can thank Nigel Farage for being the driving force behind the referendum and allowing every citizen in the UK to vote on their future . You can hardly get fairer than that . " Pat, is this the script for your appearance on "Live at the Apollo"? | |||
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"We all know, and probably accept, even though we don't necessarily agree with it, that MPs and MEPs (MSPs, AMs and NLAs too I assume?) get paid regardless of their actual attendance in the relevant chamber. To some extent that seems fair enough if they're away doing something else related to their role. Farage does seem to be a particularly bad example of this. It is, I find, interesting on here, however, that there are those who don't condem him but, instead, appear to defend him by giving examples of those who are bad too. I'd love it if you would just say "OK, it's a fair cop, his attendance is shite". Living more in hope than expectation.... I find it funny on here the amount of threads that are started about Farage. If Nick Cleggs voting record or attendance is poor then why not start a thread about him instead? It's double standards all over. As you say though, living more in hope than expectation..... What for? Who cares what Clegg's record is? But I do care what Farage's record is. He's a gross hypocrite (German secretary) who appears to claim to speak for the british people (Trump), etc. 2 can play at that game. Who cares what Farage's record is? But I do care what Cleggs record is. He's a gross hypocrite who says he wants parliament and the house of commons to have sovereignty and that parliament must vote on article 50, but he can't be arsed to turn up and vote on anything else in parliament half the time. Go on Centaur, say it "Come on Centaur, man up, just say it! "OK, it's a fair cop, his attendance is shite" You can do it... | |||
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"I always laugh at how many people say Nigel got this country out the EU no he didn't, David Cameron gave the people the vote 17 million voted to leave UKIP only got just under 4 million votes at the general election just before the vote don't need a degree in maths to work out it wasn't Nigel or any of his supporters that got this country out the EU." you're right. It was the EU | |||
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"I don't think the issue is with him collecting a salary, it's about him putting a fucking shift in in return. As for Nick Clegg, there is a convention about former leaders keeping a low profile while the new leader, or PM, gets on with the job. On Thatcher, surprise, surprise, didn't do that. The only person who has voted less than Farage is a guy from Ireland who fell from a building and is paralysed, ffs! Well ukip have a new leader don't they. His name is Paul Nuttal, so as you point out if there is a convention about former leaders keeping a low profile, isn't that what Farage is doing while Nuttal gets on with the job of leading ukip." His record includes his time as leader as well you know. | |||
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"We all know, and probably accept, even though we don't necessarily agree with it, that MPs and MEPs (MSPs, AMs and NLAs too I assume?) get paid regardless of their actual attendance in the relevant chamber. To some extent that seems fair enough if they're away doing something else related to their role. Farage does seem to be a particularly bad example of this. It is, I find, interesting on here, however, that there are those who don't condem him but, instead, appear to defend him by giving examples of those who are bad too. I'd love it if you would just say "OK, it's a fair cop, his attendance is shite". Living more in hope than expectation.... I find it funny on here the amount of threads that are started about Farage. If Nick Cleggs voting record or attendance is poor then why not start a thread about him instead? It's double standards all over. As you say though, living more in hope than expectation....." Nick Clegg is a has been and lacks relevance and credibility, as does Farage! | |||
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