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Farage Fine Appeal Fails
UKIP Inundated with Americans Offering to Pay It
Nigel Farage has lost his appeal for a €2,990 fine for accusing EU President Herman Van Rompuy of having the charisma of a “damp rag” or a “low-grade bank clerk.” Apparently the UKIP leader will now have “to bear his own costs and to pay those of the European Parliament.” As Zero Hedgesays, they clearly want him to pay off the EU’s debts one fine at a time.
Farage says he is now weighing up his options of further appeal but stands by the “freedom of speech of all elected members, not just for supporters of the EU’s political union.” The press over here have been exceptionally quiet about all this, and thus it’s fallen to Drudge and theWashington Post across the pond to pick it up. Farage’s people tell Guido that they have been inundated with offers from Americans to pay the fine:
Farage says he is now weighing up his options of further appeal but stands by the “freedom of speech of all elected members, not just for supporters of the EU’s political union.” The press over here have been exceptionally quiet about all this, and thus it’s fallen to Drudge and theWashington Post across the pond to pick it up. Farage’s people tell Guido that they have been inundated with offers from Americans to pay the fine:
“One man was so determined he said that he was going to pay almost the whole lot but as he was only a driver we had to wait until April 2013 to get the money – which obviously we aren’t going to take but it’s lovely to know that there are people in the world who value freedom of speech.”The silence over here is rather odd.
Miliband Launches the “Quiet Bat People”
If you were wondering whether the Thick of It was being too harsh on Ed Miliband, this afternoon we learn that his big theme of party conference is set to be “The Relationship Society”. Which sounds alarmingly like nonsense…
While they are clearly copying the Cameron opposition playbook of saying potentially interesting things to get people talking instead of noticing your lack of policy, is this one really a winner for Ed?
This is man who didn’t commit to marriage until his second child, and only did walk down the aisle under duress.
Will we be hearing all about his relationship is with the other Ed in his life, which is said to be rather tense these days?
And how’s that relationship with his heartbroken mother and estranged brother coming along?
Ed Miliband – relationship expert.
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