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struggle4progress

(118,214 posts)
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 01:29 PM Jun 2016

UK Independence Party Leader Admits Bold Brexit Claim Was "Mistake"

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JUN. 24, 2016 9:29 AM

As Britain awoke on Friday to the news that it had voted in favor of withdrawing from the European Union, voters were introduced to their new reality with a stunning admission from Nigel Farage, the pro-Brexit advocate who leads the U.K. Independence Party. Farage said that the Vote Leave campaign's signature pledge—that leaving the European Union would allow for £350 million to be spent on the U.K.'s National Health Service—was a "mistake."

Farage's mea culpa was made during an appearance on Good Morning Britain, where he was asked if he could continue supporting that promise after the campaign to extract the United Kingdom from the European Union had succeeded ...


http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/nigel-farage-admits-his-bold-brexit-claim-was-mistake

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UK Independence Party Leader Admits Bold Brexit Claim Was "Mistake" (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2016 OP
In other words, he lied through his teeth. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2016 #1
I'm stunned, absolutely stunned at this turn of events...I thought Nige was pure as the driven... truebrit71 Jun 2016 #5
What's a "tosser". ???? GusBob Jun 2016 #2
An asshole. auntpurl Jun 2016 #3
I found this definition: The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2016 #6
In reading the comment sections of British press GusBob Jun 2016 #8
Details are Too Difficult for No-Nothing Parties Stallion Jun 2016 #4
Huh, Nigel Farage lied. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #7

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,576 posts)
6. I found this definition:
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 05:09 PM
Jun 2016

"A "tosser" is literally a man who is overly fond of masturbation. By extension in general usage, it denotes someone (usually male) who behaves in a selfish and inconsiderate manner. It is almost identical in meaning and usage to the word "wanker" but is perhaps considered slightly less vulgar."

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
8. In reading the comment sections of British press
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 05:15 PM
Jun 2016

I have determined the Brits have somewhat of a fixation on masturbation and a vast lexicon to go along with it

I thought it might be related to such. That or the guy in the rugby scrum who passes gas

Love reading the British press today such colorful language.

"Bog off Boris, you Top-up Tory"

It's like another language

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