To the people voting for Nigel Farage: is this really the finger you want on the red button? | Marina Hyde
The Reform leader’s reaction to the RAF Fairford affair is again revealing. If what needed is a steady hand and cool head, he’s not the guyAnother week, another chance for...
By Marina Hyde · The Guardian Opinion
The Reform leader’s reaction to the RAF Fairford affair is again revealing. If what needed is a steady hand and cool head, he’s not the guy Another week, another chance for Nigel Farage to demonstrate his literally hysterical leadership inabilities. For a guy who supposedly valorises the wartime British spirit, Nigel would genuinely have had to have been interned during that conflict on account of his serial predilection for spreading panic and unverified information at any given chance. The weekend incident near RAF Fairford was simply the latest in a long line of occasions that make you suspect the poster on the wall at Reform HQ reads simply: “Lose Cool and Start Shitposting.” Despite its popularity now, the famous “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster from the second world war was almost certainly never displayed in that conflict. Although more than 2m copies of it were printed, it was in fact held in reserve in case a really serious crisis hit. Which, when you consider even the blitz apparently didn’t clear the bar, it is almost impossible to conceive of in our era where comparatively minuscule incidents force certain party leaders into more than 24 hours of madly irresponsible and emotional online incontinence. Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist. Her new book is What a Time to Be Alive! To support the Guardian, order your signed copy at guardianbookshop.com . Delivery charges may apply Continue reading...