In 1838 Dickens wrote Nicolas Nickelby. In which the literary definition of “gammon” appeared for his audience.
Dickens described an MP being of the “gammon tendency”.
“a tough, burly, thick-headed gentleman, with a loud voice, a pompous manner, a tolerable command of sentences with no meaning in them, and, in short, every requisite for a very good member indeed”.
In 2025 Dickens would have recognised Farage had he still been writing. It’s hard to believe that in a modern democracy we still have grifters like Farage.
He has no opposition. The current Labour leader sees joy in having no discernible political opinion. If the public sees their lives get better it will appear as some passive administrative act of a non-political government rather than something distinctively Labour. Farage may even claim any improvement to public sphere as a Brexit benefit.
Boris Johnson was too lazy and incompetent to be a threat. Farage’s only redeeming feature is that when he gets close to power he runs away. A perpetual rebel that fears putting his nonsense into practice. A legacy of personal enrichment while polluting the public space and damaging Britain.
A dull, cautious, timid, non-political, administrative Labour Parry with few ideas is not a meaningful challenge to Farage. Particularly now it wants to play in the Farage safe space of immigration.
Casual contempt for this Labour government comes from believing there is some quick fix solution to the UKs long term decline. We've had too many shouty politicians for too long. Keir Starmer is an intelligent serious man who has rescued the Party from collapse and is now intent on rescuing the country. I support him unconditionally.
Keir Starmer didn’t rescue Labour. Because that pre-supposes what Labour is for.
Labour can be better than the Tories. It’s not a high bar. Fixing long term decline in previous Governments meant joining the EU and increasing our wealth.
My own view is that Labour will be fine. However, its timid cautious approach will not achieve a great deal. It will quickly be wiped out if the split on the right is resolved.
That claim about Trump. I trust Byline Times. Yet it’s so serious this claim it’s hard to get your head around. Then again Trump is certainly acting like a Russian stooge. So did Johnson in fact. Then there’s the matter of this information being blocked. I’m reeling if I’m honest. As for Farage, he’s obviously a traitor. All of them have links to the Kremlin. I was interested in what the ex head of MI6 said on Newsnight said. Would love to know his views on the Krasnov thing. Still that would never make it on to Newsnight.
In 1838 Dickens wrote Nicolas Nickelby. In which the literary definition of “gammon” appeared for his audience.
Dickens described an MP being of the “gammon tendency”.
“a tough, burly, thick-headed gentleman, with a loud voice, a pompous manner, a tolerable command of sentences with no meaning in them, and, in short, every requisite for a very good member indeed”.
In 2025 Dickens would have recognised Farage had he still been writing. It’s hard to believe that in a modern democracy we still have grifters like Farage.
He has no opposition. The current Labour leader sees joy in having no discernible political opinion. If the public sees their lives get better it will appear as some passive administrative act of a non-political government rather than something distinctively Labour. Farage may even claim any improvement to public sphere as a Brexit benefit.
Boris Johnson was too lazy and incompetent to be a threat. Farage’s only redeeming feature is that when he gets close to power he runs away. A perpetual rebel that fears putting his nonsense into practice. A legacy of personal enrichment while polluting the public space and damaging Britain.
A dull, cautious, timid, non-political, administrative Labour Parry with few ideas is not a meaningful challenge to Farage. Particularly now it wants to play in the Farage safe space of immigration.
Casual contempt for this Labour government comes from believing there is some quick fix solution to the UKs long term decline. We've had too many shouty politicians for too long. Keir Starmer is an intelligent serious man who has rescued the Party from collapse and is now intent on rescuing the country. I support him unconditionally.
Keir Starmer didn’t rescue Labour. Because that pre-supposes what Labour is for.
Labour can be better than the Tories. It’s not a high bar. Fixing long term decline in previous Governments meant joining the EU and increasing our wealth.
My own view is that Labour will be fine. However, its timid cautious approach will not achieve a great deal. It will quickly be wiped out if the split on the right is resolved.
Regarding Farage’s claim that family is important to him, I’d be very tempted to ask his kids what they think about that.
The fascists operate a well worn playbook don’t they. Most of us can see it coming a mile off. But not everyone sadly.
That claim about Trump. I trust Byline Times. Yet it’s so serious this claim it’s hard to get your head around. Then again Trump is certainly acting like a Russian stooge. So did Johnson in fact. Then there’s the matter of this information being blocked. I’m reeling if I’m honest. As for Farage, he’s obviously a traitor. All of them have links to the Kremlin. I was interested in what the ex head of MI6 said on Newsnight said. Would love to know his views on the Krasnov thing. Still that would never make it on to Newsnight.
Some say he pays tax in Belgium where it suggested is main house is there. His children have German passport, but Farage was refused.