Nigel Farage Campaign Rally ISN’T

While the conflict in Ukraine continues, and people remember just who said that Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was the leader they admired the most, it might have been thought that former Brexit Party Oberscheissenführer Nigel “Thirsty” Farage would have difficulty making himself relevant for a while. But that thought has been shown to have been misplaced, as Nige and his pals have come roaring back with a new campaign.

A smile, a song, a blatantly dishonest false equivalence, and he was away, telling his adoring followers “We need a referendum on the net zero madness. I am excited to launch a new campaign with [Richard Tice] called [Power Not Poverty] … The Richmond Greens don't have to worry about paying their gas bills - but millions of ordinary people do”.

At a stroke, anyone caring for the environment is smeared as “rich”, and Farage puts himself on the side of the working class. But the really rich ones are himself, Tice and their pals. Rising energy prices are mostly down to the wholesale cost of gas - wherever it comes from. And where Farage wants it to come from will hurt the working class - badly.

“We cannot rely on foreign powers for gas and oil any longer. The only way to keep the lights on is to ensure we have energy independence”. That means when alleged Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson “suggested” that the UK may consider fracking, Mr Thirsty was wholeheartedly on board. “The first victory for common sense”.

So how would he get the word out there, apart from shooting off his North And South on Gammon Broadcasting™ News (“Bacon’s News Channel”)? We did not have long to wait. “Join me alongside Richard Tice and Dominique Samuels in Bolton on Saturday 26th March, as we start our campaign for a referendum on Net Zero”. A campaign rally!

This would take place at the University of Bolton Stadium, home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club. But here a problem entered: as the BWFC Twitter feed has told, “A 'Vote Power Not Poverty' Rally scheduled for later this month at the Bolton Whites Hotel will not be happening … The event has been cancelled by BWFC and is not something the club and business wishes to be associated with”. The Manchester Evening News had more.

“Responding to [a] tweet by [Power Not Poverty], a number of the club's fans voiced their discontent at the ground being used as a venue … Bolton Wanderers confirmed that the event, which was selling VIP tickets for £100 and was also set to feature Reform UK leader Richard Tice and political commentator Dominique Samuels, had been cancelled. Bolton Wanderers also moved to distance itself from the event”.

Farage and his pals pick their moment to sneer

So what say Vote Power Not Poverty? “The owners of Bolton Wanderers Football Club and the Bolton Whites Hotel had reneged on our contract … In a Moscow style rebuke to free speech … Though wealthy owners of football clubs may not care about ordinary people, our campaign to deliver cheaper, more secure energy to the people of the UK remains resolute and an alternate venue will be announced in the coming days”.

Sneering about “wealthy owners of football clubs” when BWFC has just endured several years of financial problems is the pits. On the anniversary of the Burnden Park Disaster.

Nige’s campaign to fleece the poor falls at the first hurdle. Just rejoice at that news.

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