Nigel Farage, one of the forces behind the UK’s impactful Brexit movement, criticized President Obama for “interfering in British politics” after the President, in response to a request by former British Prime Minister David Cameron, visited the UK to offer his assessment of the possible ramifications of a pro-Brexit vote. Farage was contemptuous of the President:
“A lot of people in Britain said, ‘How dare the American president come here and tell us what to do?’” Farage continued on Sirius XM’s “Breitbart News Daily,” citing Obama’s U.K. trip in April. “It backfired. We got an Obama-Brexit bounce, because people do not want foreign leaders telling them how to think and vote.”
Yet, Farage seemed to have forgotten his admonitions when he joined Donald Trump on the campaign trail, yesterday, to tell people how to think and vote, even though he pretended otherwise, on behalf of the Republican candidate:
“I will say this: if I was an American citizen, I wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton if you paid me!”
To see Nigel Farage, one of the world’s dastardly figures who severely damaged his own country through the spearheading of a political campaign that appealed to xenophobia and hate, showing up to embrace Donald Trump, who has become a source of international scorn due to his own xenophobic political crusade, one can hardly miss the “birds of a feather flock together” truism—two vain political arsonists who have achieved notoriety by appealing to the baser regions of human instinct, appearing together, celebrating together, and exhorting each other onward to the lofty heights of political disaster.
Fortunately for us, and the case of Trump, the U.S. electorate will probably pull itself from the brink of self destruction and reject the chaos and lunacy of his brand of politics.
Aftershocks continue in the British economy following Farage’s Brexit debacle:
Hiring by UK companies has fallen to levels not seen since the recession, according to a survey that supports the Bank of England’s claim that unemployment is set to rise following the decision to leave the EU.
The UK jobs market ‘suffered a dramatic freefall’ in July, with firms being ‘highly cautious’ about hiring new staff following Brexit, recruiters have said.
The Bank yesterday warned of a ‘material slowdown’ in the economy and of higher unemployment and lower wages as firms grapple with weaker output and higher costs on imports due to the devaluation of the pound.
If there is one silver lining, however, it is the sense that Farage’s effort to demonize immigrants and promote xenophobia has also failed:
According to the ICM poll for the British Future think tank, more than eight out of 10 Britons believe that the migrants benefit their economy and the country as a whole.
The findings show that 84% say EU citizens already staying in the UK should stay and this includes a majority of both Leave voters (77%) and UKIP (the UK Independence Party) supporters (78%).
Forty-six percent would be happy to see an increase in the number of immigrants to their country and forty-two percent believe that it should stay the same, shows the poll.