tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8996462167677374385.post2707271309319282137..comments2017-10-28T18:33:05.364-07:00Comments on Towards a Better Day: Farage shows Trump how it is doneGraham Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141002714911068236noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8996462167677374385.post-49747433580957638332016-09-06T12:09:28.698-07:002016-09-06T12:09:28.698-07:00Not really. Christine Lagarde of the IMF said on M...Not really. Christine Lagarde of the IMF said on May 13 that a vote (note the words ‘a vote’) for Brexit ‘would trigger shockwaves throughout the economy’. She warned the vote would cause a stockmarket crash, a collapse in house prices and probably an immediate recession. She was echoing the words of Bank of England chief Mark Carney in what was widely seen as a neat, if dishonourable, way of circumventing the ‘purdah’ rules which barred Government Ministers from making such comments before the official campaign began. I could give countless other examples if you like. Of course, we now know that their apocalyptic warnings proved wildly inaccurate. Your likening of the Leave campaign to Goebbels is both unfair and — unintentionally, I hope — extremely offensive.Foresthillbillieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17075548597610421990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8996462167677374385.post-18186567426544126592016-09-06T00:22:35.431-07:002016-09-06T00:22:35.431-07:00Hi Foresthillbillies, as a matter of fact, I was i...Hi Foresthillbillies, as a matter of fact, I was in the UK during part of the campaign. As regards Remain's 'misinformation' this all refers to what will happen after the UK leaves the EU, which hasn't happened yet and I hope can still be avoided. The exception being the so-called punishment budget with George Osborne was unable to introduce because Theresa May sacked him.Graham Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141002714911068236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8996462167677374385.post-24267216229201126642016-09-06T00:18:04.010-07:002016-09-06T00:18:04.010-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Graham Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141002714911068236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8996462167677374385.post-72788307750459963022016-09-05T06:41:13.448-07:002016-09-05T06:41:13.448-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Foresthillbillieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17075548597610421990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8996462167677374385.post-2439423273975112282016-09-05T06:38:17.667-07:002016-09-05T06:38:17.667-07:00To add to my previous comment: It is hardly surpri...To add to my previous comment: It is hardly surprising that Cameron and the rest of Project Fear (as it was justifiably labelled) chose the swivel-eyed Farage as their bogeyman. After all, if you wanted to remain in the EU, who would you prefer to attack: the more measured Stuart, Owen, Field, Hoey, Gove Duncan Smith, Davies and the massively popular Johnson or Nutty Nigel? Had you been in the UK at the time of the referendum, you would have noticed that Farage became an increasingly peripheral figure as the campaign wore on.Foresthillbillieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17075548597610421990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8996462167677374385.post-46856142354612482832016-09-05T03:41:40.294-07:002016-09-05T03:41:40.294-07:00I have never denied that Farage was a factor in th...I have never denied that Farage was a factor in the Brexit vote. However, the £350million claims were made by Johnson and the official Vote Leave campaign, leading members of which, incidentally, included the co chairman, Gisela Stuart — a Labour MP — as well as, for example Lord Owen, who has rejoined the Labour Party, and many MPs including the moderates Kate Hoey and Frank Field — but not Farage. I find it interesting that you have never mentioned any of the 'misinformation' provided by the Remain campaign, such as warnings of an emergency 'punishment'budget, collapse of the housing market, mass unemployment, exodus of leading companies etc. In the interests of balance and fairness, you should maybe put the record straight on these matters. As the former owner of the Guardian, CP Scott, said: 'It is good to be frank but even better to be fair.'Foresthillbillieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17075548597610421990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8996462167677374385.post-51495536917808389042016-09-05T00:59:27.396-07:002016-09-05T00:59:27.396-07:00To say that Farage was not the principal factor in...To say that Farage was not the principal factor in the Brexit vote is disingenuous to say the least. He may not have been part of the 'official' Leave campaign composed mostly of dissident Tories, but he was certainly recognised, even by David Cameron, as the spearhead of Leave and during the campaign constantly referred to the NHS as a beneficiary of the UK leaving the EU, proving the Joseph Goebbels dictum that big lies, if told often enough, will be believed. Graham Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141002714911068236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8996462167677374385.post-5615173217987461942016-09-05T00:10:48.933-07:002016-09-05T00:10:48.933-07:00No... I am more a Times, Telegraph and Guardian ma...No... I am more a Times, Telegraph and Guardian man....just trying to set the record straight (incidentally, the Sun and Mirror took diametrically opposite sides in the referendum debate)Foresthillbillieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17075548597610421990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8996462167677374385.post-55620745730587800722016-08-30T06:04:50.825-07:002016-08-30T06:04:50.825-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02048690868077115301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8996462167677374385.post-89533976528390112622016-08-30T06:04:39.046-07:002016-08-30T06:04:39.046-07:00Forresthillbillies, from your sensationalist tone ...Forresthillbillies, from your sensationalist tone I can only conclude you favour the jouralism offered by the Sun and the Mirror. Page 3 anyone? Dan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02048690868077115301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8996462167677374385.post-51633003558668232742016-08-29T00:45:54.770-07:002016-08-29T00:45:54.770-07:00Wrong again. Farage was not part of the official V...Wrong again. Farage was not part of the official Vote Leave campaign so had nothing to do with the £350million claim. The claim was made by Messrs Johnson and Gove and was painted all over Boris's 'battle bus'. Maybe you should read other newspapers apart from the largely irrelevant Express and Guardian.Foresthillbillieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17075548597610421990noreply@blogger.com