The results of the historic Brexit vote are finally in and
Britain has voted to leave the EU. As expected, everyone was stunned and that
apparently include, United Kingdom Independence Party leader Nigel Farage who
was, the main driving force behind the pro-Brexit movement.
Some are hoping that he’s at least stunned and that that’s
the reason why he made the shocking and tasteless comment that the “Leave”
campaign won the vote “without a single bullet being fired.”
This of course being said days after the horrific murder (by
bullet and knife) of the young British Member of Parliament Jo Cox, by a man
who believes Jo Cox was a traitor by Cox’s pro-immigrant and anti-Brexit
stance. This motivated the man to murder Jo Cox and that left Farage’s “victory
speech” in bad taste.
One can only hope that it was nothing more than an
unfortunate but innocent gaffe on Farage’s part but, as Farage’s has made many
disrespectful, out right racist and inflammatory statements in the past, one
can assume that this reference to a bullet being fired was anything but
innocent.
And as you have most likely have guessed, the press and
social media are skewing him for his “crass” statement and blaming his poos
choice of words on him being stunned or tired after a long night of poll
watching, as if the past isn’t any guide.
After all, the best demagogues know that one of the most
important skill anyone can have, is the ability to play off your most offensive
and outrageous statements like it’s nothing more than a simple slip of the
tongue or unfair misinterpretation by the media, just in case the backlash
against your statement gets a little too hot.
As we’re all a little stunned and tired after the long night
of Brexit poll watching, we’re not quite sure that anyone is tired enough to
truly be convinced that Farage’s statement was an innocent mistake.
On other news, David Cameron, the Prime Minister has resigned
after Britain voted to leave the European Union. Shocked by the results of the
votes, Mr Cameron addressed the Britain nation in an emotional speech to
announce that he, would be stepping down.
Statements are expected to be made by Sinn Fein and the SNP
later today, calling for a breakaway from the EU. Meanwhile, on the markets the
FTSE 250 index has plunged a banging 11.7pc. The index of so-called mid-cap
companies has also dropped a whopping 2,017 points to 15,309 in the first few
minutes of trading. Clearly, this vote shook the world too.
Donald Trump the US presidential hopeful, arrived in the UK
and said that he’s very happy about the Brexit vote. He believes it’s a great
thing that people of the UK have taken back their country in voting to leave
the EU.
Trump said that he thinks it’s a great thing that happened,
it’s an amazing vote and very historic. When asked why people voted for Brexit,
he explained that people are angry, all over the world people are angry, angry
about borders and angry over people coming into their countries and taking over
and nobody notices.
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