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RE: https://kolektiva.social/@mafeesh/117093156326883531 I thought the turnout would be 25%, but there are enough Farage supporters in Clacton to keep making it happen. It's a racist little town, it keeps wanting to tell us, like it's something to be proud of. And let's not forget, for the […]

#clactononsea #racism #ukpol #ukpolitics #whiteness

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Reg · 0 · 1d ago

@Lazarou Farage won a majority of a minority in an election in the strongest Tory seat in the country in which there were *no* serious politicians standing. I can't help feeling a little sorry for the good people in Clacton,even those who have been brainwashed by facebook microtargeting.

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 · 0 · 1d ago

@ReggieHere just goes to show the Nazi Bar analogy, you let one in and your bar is lost forever...

Reg · 0 · 1d ago

@Lazarou Exactly this. Fascists aren't credible democratic candidates and those who at least pretend to believe in democracy ought to have stood against him and given the residents a political alternative.

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 · 0 · 1d ago

@ReggieHere I guess they didn't want to legitimise Farage's little scheme to avoid the Investigation. It was a futile act on Farage's behalf but the people who vote for him don't care, they just hate Immigrants.

Reg · 0 · 1d ago

@Lazarou That's probably true to a large extent, but historically those same people would have voted Tory because they hate immigrants rather than actual fascists, because fascists couldn't command more than a tiny minority of votes. The bigger problem for the Westminster mainstream is that […]

Reg · 0 · 1d ago

@Lazarou ......sadly, LibLabCon still seem incapable of dropping the economic liberalism that threatens their long term survival.

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 · 0 · 1d ago

@ReggieHere I wonder what results the Greens would get if they went in hard, provide an alternative to useless Centrism and Fascism. But the Racism will always triumph over logic, so I wonder why bother?

Reg · 0 · 1d ago

@Lazarou Maybe I'm naive in thinking that most people don't harbour prejudice to the extent expected by the far right, but the most galling thing about the Claction by-election was a privately-educated, ex-city trader, politician and millionaire Tory claiming to be anti-Establishment and […]