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Question Time: Blue Haired Nutter Owns Farage
Other | Friday 12th December 2014 | lenjibong
Last night's hotly anticipated “Punch and Judy” battle between social catalyst Russell Brand and folk-devil Nigel Farage was a predictable clash that reiterated their stereotyped personas we are all too well accustomed to. Farage was again blasted by Brand and various audience members for his “booze and fag down the pub” persona and his stone-cold approach to immigration, whilst Russell himself struggled to stand up to the proposition of whether he’d actually enter into politics. When quizzed by one audience member on the topic, he could only muster up the response: “I would stand for parliament but I would be afraid I would become one of them” which drew jeers from the audience.
The main questions were raised once again: the privatization of health care and the NHS, education, immigration and the EU, a lot of which stemmed the same fluffed up and inconclusive answers that are causing many of us to feel disillusioned with politics in this country.
Farage, making his 11th appearance on the show, spoke with conviction as usual, laughing off any jibes with an air of insufferable arrogance coming off earily assured. On the plus side, Sunday Times center-speaking columnist Camilla Cavendish made some strong grounding points and recieved a good response from the audience and the panel alike.
Ultimately, the show was won by the audience – in particular one blue haired woman who, after somehow managing to get on set, gave Farage and his Ukip posse a piece of her mind. In light of Farage’s stance on immigration, she hurled: “That’s what he does, he’s a racist scumbag trying to blame immigrants for the cutbacks because of his rich banker friends!”.
Farage took the opportunity to egg on Brand to stand for Parliament, telling him: “You’ve got some voters here mate, you ought to stand. I mean, these are your voters – they’re lovely people, aren’t they?”. Twitter blew up as the aggy blue-haired woman hailing from south Thanet threatened to rain down terror on Farage as she yelled: “I’m coming for you!” from her back row seat.
An entertaining watch.
Benji Long
