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Nigel Farage and his 14-day march on Brexit betrayal

I just saw the Evening Standard in Facebook:Nigel Farage has announced a march protesting against the “betrayal of Brexit” on March 16th.He will lead the march from Sunderland to London. Better said, he will launch the march and then is set to join it at several points as it makes its way to the capital for March 29 – the scheduled date of Brexit. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage-to-lead-14day-march-to-protest-against-betrayal-of-brexit-a4079601.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2F5LQQcLEYDSW45hCxnL0dNy9ZPrBg_jkCCHyengmvnHQ9PEJeM9AavG4#Echobox=1551378311And I thought he still has obligations to fulfil in Brussels as an MEP for the South East.... 

Ivonne Holliday ● 2813d6 Comments

Well 14 days on the road statically improves his chances of being run over. Unless he a)gets driven for the unfilmed parts and b)my car breaks down.

Peter Miles ● 2813d

This piece by Jonn Elledge about it made me laugh:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/brexit/2019/02/nigel-farage-absolutely-definitely-going-walk-sunderland-london-honest

James Elder ● 2813d

Hello Peter and James,Thank you for your comments which I found very funny indeed!I wonder if Farage is trying to mirror the Jarrow March (or crusade as they preferred it to be called) of 1936 from Tyneside to London.There again, if Farage's march does happen, and he miraculously manages to walk all the way, will people from the South of England not see it as representing the poster that Farage stood in front of?I am aware that I am horrible, if not cynical, at times!But, as we get closer and closer to the deadline, more and more things are popping up that the government has not thought about.I am not too sure at this stage I would blame the Leave or Remain vote, I am inclined to say that the government was wrong in triggering Article 50 when it had not a clue as to what had to be done - except folklore.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2813d

Who knows what Farage is trying to achieve by this. Reading the article it seems Farage has no intention of walking it but dropping in on it from time-to-time. A typical broker, do a deal with a view to his own commission, then use a pigeon management style to drop in from time to time to see what's happening and sh*t on everyone. Also, looking at the article, different groups of people are expected to walk different sections. No commitment; it's an insult to the Jarrow marchers to make any comparison. Looks like a typical case of self promotion.

Michael Ixer ● 2813d

I agree Michael.  I only brought the Jarrow marchers up because there was a precedent, of sorts.  By no means did I wish to make full comparison on the reasons for it.  In my view, Farage is an opportunist who finds the "open window" wherever he can. Perhaps that is why he was called by his City colleagues Dagenham (as in one stop short of Barking).Hand in heart, I wish everything could stop for some time, from Brexit to the expansion of Heathrow.It seems to me that vested interests are keener than ever to succeed, regardless of anything and anybody else.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2813d

Ivonne, I think you were right to mention the Jarrow march as I suspect Farage's ego means he, in his misguided way, would consider it comparable.

Michael Ixer ● 2813d