Nigel Farage slammed for using Storm Ciarán to make ‘sick’ Channel crossings comment | indy100

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Storm Ciarán, the weather event which has caused chaos, flooding and 10 deaths in western Europe, has been used by Nigel Farage to make “sick” political points about English Channel crossings and his favourite subject: immigration.

Farage, the ex-Ukip and Brexit Party leader turned GB News host, shared a clip of waves battering the coast of Dover to Twitter/X on Thursday morning, with the caption, “No migrant boats at Dover today!”

What with the political commentator achieving his dream of having the UK leave the European Union, Farage’s obsession with migrants crossing the Channel has led to Alan Partridge-style press calls, accusations he breached lockdown rules just to make a “racist” video on the subject, and a surge in donations for the RNLI after he called them a “migrant taxi service”.

The post has since been branded “sick” and “disgusting” by fellow Twitter users:

@Nigel_Farage Thank god your constant English Channel-based ranting has led to a massive boost in fundraising for the RNLI.
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@Nigel_Farage This post will age horribly
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@Nigel_Farage Perhaps you should go for a swim?
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Yes Nigel, because they\u2019ve likely drowned in the crossing as our current government refuses to create safe routes of entry into the UK for refugees.
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If anyone was in any doubt what a dreadful person this man is.
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Only a sick and demented person would be able to make fun of migrants but, then again, can\u2019t expect much from an animal.
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Thanks @Nigel_Farage for reminding us all how important it is that we donate to the heroes of the @RNLI who VOLUNTEER to go out to save lives regardless of the weather. https://t.co/vYHEJPg0yL
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It isn't beyond belief that this man could become Prime Minister.\nWe are a sick civilisation.
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Bloody ghoul.
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Forget the challenges facing the RNLI and all people at risk because if the storm. Nige couldn't care less. He's actually celebrating the storm. There can be no soul behind that self-satisfied, self-important grin, can there?
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Others in support of Farage’s stance on migration offered up the “thick as mince” idea that the solution is to deploy an “artificial wave generator” that the UK “could simply switch on and leave running”.

We wish we were joking.

It’s the latest haunting headline concerning Farage to surface in recent weeks, after he turned up at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester to dance with Priti Patel and flirted with the idea of leading the Tories by 2026.

“I’d be very surprised if I were not Conservative leader [by then]. Very surprised,” he told PoliticsHome, before insisting he made the comments “in jest”.

Thankfully, party chairman Greg Hands said there are “no plans” to allow him to become a member.

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