Having just penned a piece on the return of a British satirical programme I have to report that satire is probably no longer possible in the UK.
Nigel Farage has been investigated by the police for something he said to an audience in Newport, Gwent.
Having spoken about how plenty of people were preparing for Brexit, such as the ports of both Dover and Calais, which have declared they are ready for it, he said we should listen to them rather than alarmist civil servants.
“I suggest we listen to them and not the overpaid pen pushers in Whitehall who are not doing a neutral job, and once Brexit’s done, we will take the knife to them.”
THAT is what he was investigated for. A metaphor. I’ll write this slowly to let it sink in. Nigel Farage has been investigated by the police for using a metaphor involving a knife.
Am I mad, or are they? I understand he’s using the image of taking a knife to Whitehall as a metaphor for sweeping changes, cutting lots of unnecessary bureaucratic jobs. He’s not suggesting we should go through Whitehall knifing civil servants. If he’d said, “we need a bonfire of the bureaucrats” (which we surely do) would anyone think he actually meant we need to go to Whitehall with matches and cans of petrol? In 2019 Britain it would seem so.
The Remainiacs have also been raving about Boris Johnson using “inflammatory” language about Brexit and its opponents. They live in a quivering, imaginary bubble where the deplorable, brutish Leaver/Morlocks are about to break in and eat the flesh of the gentle, superior Remainer/Eloi. How many of my countrymen and women out there in the real UK are taken in by this crying, tweeting and shrieking wolf is anyone’s guess.
The police have decided that no crime was committed, this time…
I find it very hard to believe that the various people who complained to the police about Farage’s words truly believed he meant them literaly. Trying to use the police to intimidate and silence the patriotic right is fast becoming a favourite tactic of the pro EU folk. What is worrying is how compliant and complicit the police seem. The Gwent police force issued a statement saying: “We are aware of the heightened tensions that exist regarding use of language, and take all allegations and concerns from members of the public very seriously.” Surely a gentle warning about wasting police time with frivolous complaints would have been more appropriate?
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Remainiacs that’s a new one to me, lol love it. It even has its own Wikipedia page! They are so doomed. Brexit will make most of them richer long term but the remainers don’t know basic economics.