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Lagamorph wrote:Yeah the banks will be pushing for the UK to stay in the EU.

HSBC have more or less said they'll move their headquarters out of the UK if it leaves the EU.

I thought HSBC were thinking of changing headquarter locations because the UK isn't the main area of their business or profit.

Farage's resignation has been rejected, so he's still leader

ProPoser wrote:Farage's resignation has been rejected, so he's still leader

I was fairly confident they would re-elect him in September, but this is even more ridiculous

I'm okay with this.

Lol, what a joke.

Grumpy David wrote:I'm okay with this.

Yep, me too. UKIP need Farage. Suzanne Evans would have been my preferred alternative in the absence of Mr Farage. 'Nige should go off and have a nice long break over the summer. He'll have plenty to do later on in the year!

A hilarious way to get your bluff called and then cancelled, Nige. What a fraud.

Cal wrote:

Grumpy David wrote:I'm okay with this.

Yep, me too. UKIP need Farage.

The world needs a lot less UKIP.

An anti-austerity protester made his pisspoor sign by using the box for his £600 TV. I do so love this gooseberry fool.

Cal wrote:

Grumpy David wrote:I'm okay with this.

Yep, me too. UKIP need Farage. Suzanne Evans would have been my preferred alternative in the absence of Mr Farage. 'Nige should go off and have a nice long break over the summer. He'll have plenty to do later on in the year!

Would you had been okay with it had one of the other leaders pledged to resign and still ended up as leader a few days later? If it had been Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg or, hypothetically, Natalie Bennett? I suspect you are and David are okay with it, as the broken pledge strengthens a party you both like, so Farage avoids being called a hypocrite and a liar.

Fatal Exception wrote:'Starting'? They've been out of touch for a while.

The Lib Dems did well when they promised an alternative to the other two and had conviction. Their campaign this election was "Errr, how about things stay the same, yah?" Have a strawberry floating opinion. Have some policies, even if you will just ignore them and jump into bed with the Tories again. At least promise to do something rather than nothing.

It was watching the post question time where they all tried to explain why the lib dems did so badly. None of them mentioned they had been getting bashed constantly since 2010.

I kind of thought it might have been some tactical move but listen to the post review. oine of then any idea.

Eighthours wrote:An anti-austerity protester made his pisspoor sign by using the box for his £600 TV. I do so love this gooseberry fool.

"If you have any money you are not allowed to protest government cuts"

Stop being such a tosser

Eighthours wrote:An anti-austerity protester made his pisspoor sign by using the box for his £600 TV. I do so love this gooseberry fool.

Sony: "Well at least someone out there is still buying our tellies..."

Parksey wrote:

Cal wrote:

Grumpy David wrote:I'm okay with this.

Yep, me too. UKIP need Farage. Suzanne Evans would have been my preferred alternative in the absence of Mr Farage. 'Nige should go off and have a nice long break over the summer. He'll have plenty to do later on in the year!

Would you had been okay with it had one of the other leaders pledged to resign and still ended up as leader a few days later? If it had been Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg or, hypothetically, Natalie Bennett? I suspect you are and David are okay with it, as the broken pledge strengthens a party you both like, so Farage avoids being called a hypocrite and a liar.

No problem at all. That's their call. Personally, I was sad to see Nick Clegg take the fall. I liked the man (hated his politics). Miliband I never liked (but I hold nothing against him personally), but it would have been churlish to object to his staying on as Leader if that is what he wanted. I was genuinely surprised when all the Leaders began falling over like tenpins on Friday.

Irene Demova wrote:

Eighthours wrote:An anti-austerity protester made his pisspoor sign by using the box for his £600 TV. I do so love this gooseberry fool.

"If you have any money you are not allowed to protest government cuts"

Stop being such a tosser

In fairness, it does say 'No cuts, No capitalism'.

And yes, anybody can protest, and I agree to a point with the anti-austerity statement, but I do find anti-capitalist protesters a very odd bunch.

Lucien wrote:

Cal wrote:

Parksey wrote:

Cal wrote:

Grumpy David wrote:I'm okay with this.

Yep, me too. UKIP need Farage. Suzanne Evans would have been my preferred alternative in the absence of Mr Farage. 'Nige should go off and have a nice long break over the summer. He'll have plenty to do later on in the year!

Would you had been okay with it had one of the other leaders pledged to resign and still ended up as leader a few days later? If it had been Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg or, hypothetically, Natalie Bennett? I suspect you are and David are okay with it, as the broken pledge strengthens a party you both like, so Farage avoids being called a hypocrite and a liar.

No problem at all. That's their call. Personally, I was sad to see Nick Clegg take the fall. I liked the man (hated his politics). Miliband I never liked (but I hold nothing against him personally), but it would have been churlish to object to his staying on as Leader if that is what he wanted. I was genuinely surprised when all the Leaders began falling over like tenpins on Friday.

It's not about them wanting to stay on as leader: it's about them saying they'll quit if 'x' happens, then changing their mind half a week later.

After the votes were counted and announced Nigel Farage did exactly what he promised he would do, prior to the election: he tended his resignation as Leader of UKIP when he failed to win Thanet. It is then for UKIP as a body politic to decide whether or not to accept, defer or reject his resignation. They were quite within their rights to refuse it. He is quite within his rights to accept their decision.

So what is your problem?