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Sad times for U.K. politician Nigel Farage, who had a milkshake chucked in his face earlier this week. The Trump pal and anti-EU activist isn’t the first person to be pelted in the name of politics.
@TheConversationUS looks at other notable figures, from Roman emperor Vespasian to George W. Bush, who’ve drawn the ire of dissatisfied citizens.
"At its root, Faragism is a project to take this country further and further to the right. And from Brexit through to Suella Braverman, it has worked. Its most devoted support in this project has been the media, which sees leaving the EU or denying care system migrant workers as essential and easy tasks, while taxing the rich or investing in public services are swivel-eyed Marxism"
Aditya Chakrabortty on Nigel Farage.
Thing I like best about mastodon is reading what real folks think in the UK.
Today I learned bout throwing milkshakes at fascists and a new word gobshite 🤣🤣
I love the UK 🇬🇧 ❤️❤️
We need sum shakes for trump 🤣 #milkshake#nigelfarage
Keep seeing Nigel Farage and milkshake on my TL from folks I follow in UK.
I'm from the US . Who is Nigel Farage? Why did he get milkshake thrown at him?
Daily Mail wailing that Victoria the Milkshake Queen is a "Jeremy Corbyn loving Only Fans model" this giving their readership something to be angry and horny about #Ukpol#Ge2024#Ukpolitics#Clacton#Farage#NigelFarage
The classy thing to do as Brit politician getting a milkshake is to laugh it off and not press charges, but of course Nigel won't be letting the lady off for making him look foolish now, that's not how populists work.....
British Media will be painting Victoria as some faceless terrorist for attacking their boy Nigel, so we need to look further afield for Victoria's side of events
How come #NigelFarage gets to turn up out of nowhere and decree that this is now “the immigration election”‽
Ordinary voter here, and I don’t give a tinker’s toss about #immigration. I’d much prefer this to be “the climate change election”, please. If you agree, give this a RT. ♻️