Oh great. The ruddy libtards are at it again.
Local radio ‘shock jock’ and erstwhile front-line politician Nigel Farage has had a speaking event cancelled after an online backlash.
The BBC regular had been scheduled to make an appearance at the Lancaster Grand Theatre in October, with tickets for ‘An entertaining evening with Nigel Farage’ costing £23. A poster for the event which circulated online had promised ‘funny stories and anecdotes’ as well as a question and answer session.
Since retiring from front-line politics, the perennial electoral runner-up has carved out a burgeoning career on local radio, as well as the occasional talking-head appearance on Fox News in the US.
After resigning as leader of Ukip, the serial deposit-loser had been widely expected to become UK’s ambassador to the US after gaining the endorsement of US President Donald Trump.
The appointment was nixed, however, when it was revealed that the UK already had an ambassador to the US, and the US President doesn’t get to choose, plus a million other reasons.
After details of Farage’s appearance at the Lancaster Grand Theatre were revealed, the planned event sparked almost immediate controversy, with many in the local chapter of the PC Brigade taking umbrage that a public figure, who is accused of singing Hitler Youth songs whilst at school, should be allowed to make an appearance in the town.
A spokesperson for Lancaster PC Brigade told JOE.co.uk:
“Look, giving a platform to a known hate preacher, who has spent a career inciting racial hatred and aligning themselves with far-right politicians from across Europe might be good enough for the BBC, but we don’t want that lot here in Lancaster.”
However, supporters of the privately-educated former commodities trader denounced the decision. “What happened to free speech?” asked one Twitter user after the venue exercised their free speech by cancelling the event.
There was good news this week for Farage, however, after a Hollywood studio was reported to be close to signing a $60m (£47m at the time of writing, but likely to change) deal for a six-part film centred on the former Ukip leader and actual current MEP.
Early rumours suggest the films will be loosely based on the Bill Murray classic Groundhog Day, plotting the Mr Bean lookalike’s 7 (seven) failed candidacies for election to Westminster.
At $10m per episode, speculation is rife as to who will play the part of the Fox News goon’s rock-hard, lemon-sized left testicle.
