Nigel farage vs herman van rompuy biography

But rudeness in such a stuffy, consensual, gravitas-lite assembly is just boorish, juvenile, Hannan-esque solipsism, for which we should hang our collective head. Nige, how could you? It is not as if he means it all, not deep down. But you don't even want to be respected, you are not even looking for an argument, which is so low politics that it's hard to get much lower.

But here's what I don't understand: surely as an anti-federalist, Farage should be grateful that the EU is led by a political pygmy? Wouldn't the traffic-stopping Tony Blair have been far worse? His observations and condemnation of Van Rompuy are far from outlandish and probably reflect the mood of Europe. Ukip is a libertarian political movement compared with the mob in Westminster, who seem to want to control absolutely everything.

I think we need less government, not more. And, similarly, industries need some guidelines, and a framework in which to operate. Suppose that I like Spanish culture and I want to import a bit of it to Britain. I really like the idea of throwing live goats off high towers…. But that sounds like other people trying to dictate to me on the basis of their own moral scruples —.

To some extent. Our culture and our upbringing do dictate what we find acceptable within the rules of society. Do I think those rules are unnecessary and should be scrapped? I mean, listen, there are extreme libertarians who argue that all forms of pornography are acceptable, or — yeah, there are some very extreme positions out there. I mean, libertarianism is a very difficult subject to discuss because you can take it to extremes that people find offensive.

But I do think that Ukip is a libertarian political movement compared with the mob over the road in Westminster, who seem to want to control absolutely everything. Is there a strong case for repatriating powers from Brussels if Westminster is just as corrupt? You know, we are much less tolerant of corruption in this country than perhaps the Mediterranean countries are.

There are some quite big cultural divides there. True, but some of your small shopkeepers might look at the huge supermarket chains and ask: Will any political party ever rein them in? Likewise, Parliament was afraid of News International. Perhaps some people like the European Union because they see it as a check on the exercise of unaccountable, undemocratic power here….

The problem with that line of thinking is that, however rotten and bad we may view our political class at any given time, as long as we have a parliamentary democracy we have the power to change it, because we have the power to sack everybody and bring in new people with fresh political ideas. I often joke that we should fight for the birthright to mismanage our own country rather than be mismanaged by somebody else.

Having the ability to change our own destiny is very, very important. Why are you so focused on the threat from Brussels? No, no, I would agree with that. That is something that Nick Clegg puts up occasionally, but it is not something that any of us desire or want at all. Our relationship with America — you know, we can choose. We can choose whether or not we sign extradition treaties or go to war.

Well, you get all the trappings of power and none of the responsibility. Europe did it. How can the entire political class be wrong? Out of MPs, there were 20 [who raised the alarm] — and do you know what they were called?

Nigel farage vs herman van rompuy biography

They were lampooned; they were considered to be mad. Even when Churchill produced the data [about German rearmament], the political class looked away. I think the way that we — through civil war and evolution — put together a form of parliamentary democracy that was viewed by the rest of the world as a civilised model to adopt. And, I think, to have had, since Magna Carta, an evolving but very stable and sound judicial system that actually gives the individual of this country much greater liberty and protection from the state than virtually anywhere else in the world.

I see those things as being very important, and I see those things as being very much under threat. Not one thing. I have no doubt, what is being developed in Brussels is bad. These are bad people. Bad, bad people. We are in the grip of extreme nationalists in Brussels. Extreme Euronationalists. You want to see them standing to attention when they play the anthem.

You want to watch when they goosestep the EU flag around the parade ground at the front of the European Parliament. They are pursuing policies in southern Europe which I think, unless these countries break out of this prison of the euro, will lead to revolution. I mean, there may be some very unpleasant times to come. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi triggered uproar in the European Parliament when he suggested that Martin Schulz, a heckling German MEP who had criticised him, would be perfectly cast as a Nazi concentration camp guard in a forthcoming film.

I shall put you forward for the part of guard. Mr Schulz had referred to an alleged conflict of interest between the political role of Italy's richest man and his extensive media empire, and deplored outspoken comments on immigration by Italian Reforms Minister Umberto Bossi. Berlusconi jibe sparks EU storm. Don't talk about matters that you fail to prove.

Your lies precede you, while the grave is ahead of you," he added. Rowdy scenes in the Australian parliament led to the ejection of six MPs, including Employment Services Minister Tony Abbott after he called the opposition leader at the time a "sanctimonious windbag". The trouble broke out during government Question Time when politicians from the ruling Conservative party and the Labor opposition traded insults.

The slanging match came just two days after members of parliament had called for higher standards and an end to personal attacks, while mourning a colleague who had committed suicide. Uproar in Australian parliament. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Ghost town. The guerilla plant. Walking away.

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