[UKrepublican]

It is very unusual in the UK for a politician to speak at an event with over 600 people........even during a general election few could command an audience that large. Shows the growing appeal of Farage.

Here is a vid of some of what was said:

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[grania]

I wish we had some constitutional conservatives who could articulate a vision of what the US could and should be that well. Could it be because they aren’t really passionately dedicated to our priorities, instead just to winning?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Has Nigel said anything about Rompuy’s (I want to call him ‘rumpypumpy, sorry) and his statement about expanding the EU against the people’s will?

[Gay State Conservative]

Farage may well win the European elections (which is good,IMHO) but he will almost certainly make it possible for Red Ed to become PM (with 30% of the vote) next year.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Watching this video reminds me of a political event I helped organize many years ago.

We were bringing a little known leader from a nascent conservative party to town for a speech. He was touring Ontario and the front page of the local paper was predicting that certain elements would demonstrate against him.

The hall was filled to overflowing. The leader gave his standard stump speech but it was music to the ears of the crowd. They thirsted for someone to tell them the truth.

I still remember one of the jokes he told. He was from western Canada and he asked the crowd how many lawyers it took to grease a combine. They roared when he answered his own question, "about a dozen if you feed them in real slowly."

The leader's name was Preston Manning. From that rally, and hundreds like it all over Canada, the Reform party grew and eventually took over the Conservative party and the government. Prime Minister Harper is the inheritor of Preston Manning's success. The people of Canada are the beneficiaries.

Postscript, the rally was held in a large social club just outside of town that was not serviced by urban transit. The malcontents had to way to get there, so there was no demonstration against him. I called the newspaper editor the next day and asked him what happened to his front page prediction. It was a short conversation. The few times I read this paper, these days, I've noticed that they don't predict things anymore.

[dadfly]

if only the UKIP would open a branch here in America for us independent conservatives. it would be nice to have some representation again.

[winner3000]

May God protect Nigel Farage. There are too many people who would love to have make him dead. He’d better realize that and take the necessary precautions.