Nigel Farage Rants at Van Rompooy

[Gwylan]

Well I think it makes for a refreshing change. Outright insults should be traded more openly both in European and in our own Parliaments. One day, someone is going to stand up and just say "BOLLOCKS", to the Rt Hnrble member. And for me, that day cannot come soon enough.

Like that geezer did in Ireland a few months ago. Can't remember his name but there was a clip of him swearing on You Tube.


Beorhthelm makes a good point. There was all sorts of horse-dealing going to make sure that Blair wasn't selected - nor was the option of an elected president on the table. The process sucks but that's not Van Rompooy's fault - not is it fair to pick on someone for his personal appearance, particularly when you look like something from a Hammer horror movie yourself.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Well I think it makes for a refreshing change. Outright insults should be traded more openly both in European and in our own Parliaments. One day, someone is going to stand up and just say "BOLLOCKS", to the Rt Hnrble member. And for me, that day cannot come soon enough.

Heres my faves!

The insulted

“Mr Gladstone addresses me as though I were a public meeting” Queen Victoria on William Gladstone

“Winston had devoted the best years of his life to preparing his impromptu speeches” F. E. Smith on Winston Churchill.

“A sheep in sheep’s clothing” Winston Churchill on Clement Attlee.

“There but for the grace of God goes God” Winston Churchill on Sir Stafford Cripps.

“The Prime Minister clings to data the way a drunkard clings to lampposts” Romano Prodi on Silvio Berlusconi.

The insulters

“He has not a single redeeming defect” Benjamin Disraeli on William Gladstone.

“He might as well have a corncob up his arse” Alan Clark on Douglas Hurd.

“She probably thinks Sinai is the plural of sinus” Jonathan Aitken on Margaret Thatcher.

“It’s like being savaged by a dead sheep” Denis Healey on being attacked by Geoffrey Howe.

“When she speaks without thinking, she says what she thinks” Lord St John of Fawsley on Margaret Thatcher.

 

[Scampi]

I enjoyed the quote about Mourinho this morning. Apparently some journo wrote of him that "he's the type who would join the navy so the world can see him"

 

[Knotty]

Even those who agree with UKIP policies must be hugely embarassed by that outburst.

A worthy politician would have delivered his criticisms in a dignified, intelligent and reasoned manner, ideally with some wit. This tirade was just a string of very childish cheap shots totally devoid of dignity, intelligence or wit.

Instead of demeaning Van Rompooy, he totally demeaned himself and his party. Absolutely pathetic.

 

[Titanic]

Even those who agree with UKIP policies must be hugely embarassed by that outburst.

A worthy politician would have delivered his criticisms in a dignified, intelligent and reasoned manner, ideally with some wit. This tirade was just a string of very childish cheap shots totally devoid of dignity, intelligence or wit.

Instead of demeaning Van Rompooy, he totally demeaned himself and his party. Absolutely pathetic.

What he was after was publicity... and he seems to have got that in spades.

 

[Man of Harveys]

He came to BHASVIC last year and got slaughtered by a kid I know. Left the room embrassed

As a former inmate, that makes me very proud. Fine work. The man's a c*nt.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

What he was after was publicity... and he seems to have got that in spades.

Exactly.

 

[Knotty]

What he was after was publicity... and he seems to have got that in spades.

I know, but my point is that I believe that publicity has cost him votes.

It might have been very amusing in a schoolboy way but in general that's not the sort of thing people will vote for.

 

[auschr]

Like him/Like him not, his Party got a higher number of votes at the last European Elections than the Labour Party.

how many votes did van rompooy get?

 

[Titanic]

I know, but my point is that I believe that publicity has cost him votes.

It might have been very amusing in a schoolboy way but in general that's not the sort of thing people will vote for.

He's always been like that... and UKIP got more votes than Gordon Brown's New Labour at the Euro elections.

I'm sure the Brownites are very grateful he is there, 'cos without UKIP the Tories would have absolutely cleaned up.

 

[aftershavedave]

the subtext to this twat's outburst is that he's running for parliament against the speaker at the next election and is trying to get banned from the european parliament which will give his election campaign some zing.

he's a complete dickhead.

 

[sten_super]

Out of interest, are those unhappy with Van Rompooy pro- or anti-Europe? His appointment is really a boon for the anti's, as it means he is little more than a puppet for the member states. The reason that someone like Blair wasn't appointed is that then the role would have more power and more decision making would be eroded from the member states...

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Out of interest, are those unhappy with Van Rompooy pro- or anti-Europe? His appointment is really a boon for the anti's, as it means he is little more than a puppet for the member states. The reason that someone like Blair wasn't appointed is that then the role would have more power and more decision making would be eroded from the member states...

It's not Van Rompooy I'm unhappy with - it's the whole role of President. Labour lied about allowing a vote on it because they knew they would lose.

Oh - I'm a rabid anti if you hadn't worked it out !

 

[Acker79]

I know, but my point is that I believe that publicity has cost him votes.

Would it really? I mean UKIP voters tend to lean towards anti-eu, so criticising him is just playing to his base, which was big enough to get him elected. Might even win some people over who are impressed by his stand against europe.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Would it really? I mean UKIP voters tend to lean towards anti-eu, so criticising him is just playing to his base, which was big enough to get him elected. Might even win some people over who are impressed by his stand against europe.

Spot on - I've voted UKIP in the past ( and Tory, and Labour, and Green and dare I even say it Lib Dem ) and his attack has re-ignited my interest in possibly voting for them again.

 

[Titanic]

Out of interest, are those unhappy with Van Rompooy pro- or anti-Europe? His appointment is really a boon for the anti's, as it means he is little more than a puppet for the member states. The reason that someone like Blair wasn't appointed is that then the role would have more power and more decision making would be eroded from the member states...

The only way Blair would have become EU President would have been if the Germans / Franch / Italians had wanted to stick one on Gordon "Tony, you've ruined my life" Brown.

Brown was confident enough that they couldn't stand Blair either to publicly 'support' him.

 

[Scoffers]

Even those who agree with UKIP policies must be hugely embarassed by that outburst.

A worthy politician would have delivered his criticisms in a dignified, intelligent and reasoned manner, ideally with some wit. This tirade was just a string of very childish cheap shots totally devoid of dignity, intelligence or wit.

Instead of demeaning Van Rompooy, he totally demeaned himself and his party. Absolutely pathetic.

agreed, BUT, who would have listened to him. You saw how many people were in that room, almost empty, and it certainly wouldnt have made the Times online, Youtube, or BBC, like it or not, his OTT rant has made waves, which is precisely what he intended.

 

[Gwylan]

Out of interest, are those unhappy with Van Rompooy pro- or anti-Europe? His appointment is really a boon for the anti's, as it means he is little more than a puppet for the member states. The reason that someone like Blair wasn't appointed is that then the role would have more power and more decision making would be eroded from the member states...

I find this notion of pro and anti Europe completely meaningless. Feelings to Europe cover a wide spectrum from those who hate all foreigners to those who want a fully integrated federated federal state - and all points in between.

My view is that I am broadly in favour of a European Union, believing it on the whole to be a force for good. But I am firmly against many elements of it: the gravy-train culture, the lack of accountability of commissioners, the CAP, the weakness of the European Parliament etc. but I wouldn't really describe myself as pro or anti, in fact, one of the gripes I have with the UK party system is that there is no party that comes close to reflecting my views on Europe.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

The only way Blair would have become EU President would have been if the Germans / Franch / Italians had wanted to stick one on Gordon "Tony, you've ruined my life" Brown.

Brown was confident enough that they couldn't stand Blair either to publicly 'support' him.

The truth is that Blair - like or loathe him- would have been a bigger personality than any of the other EU leaders and they could'nt stand that. Hence the virtually anonymous, shy belgian "grey mouse" van Rompooy.

Robert Peston was bang on when he warned that Europe would lose all credibility on the international stage if they went for a small personality with no leadership skills and he was right.

I wonder what, for instance, Barack Obama will think next time there is a crisis somewhere in the World...Will it be "I must call Van Rompooy" I doubt it.

 

[raymondbriggs]

like all the UKIP MEP's he only slams the EU so he can get elected on the back of an uninformed electorate and shove his nose deep into the trough.
If they hate the club so much why suck it as dry as they can?