by Laura Lai/Uncategorized
No, I’m not sad. But I’m not over
the moon either: It’s almost three weeks without ‘The Nigel Farage Show’ on
LBC. Three weeks. Already?!
Before the
unreasonable will jump to unrealistic conclusions about a reasonable person
like me and my realistic reasons why I followed this show live or registered, I
should say that this 1-hour show was relevant to me, because it was most often
on Brexit and with lot of different callers from distinct areas having less
similar points of view.
Previously on the
show:
‘How much are you willing to compromise to
get a deal?’
‘How much am I willing to
compromise what to get a deal? Because I’m unwilling to sacrifice anything. And
so is the counterpart.’
‘Has John Bercow helped or
hindered the Brexit debate?’
‘Colored it!’ I would have
answered.
‘Ha! Ha! What do you mean?’
‘I think he colored it with his
ties.’
‘You like ties, right?’
‘That’s not right! I don’t like
ties, connections, networks; for the incorruptible, it sounds like corruption –
also an ugly type and hard to eradicate corruption of somebody who knows
somebody who knows somebody, and later we notice that we don’t know anybody,
not even the person next to us or with whom we spent years. But those ties that Bercow was wearing were
too beautiful to pass unnoticed.’
‘Right! Next caller is from…’
I can understand the possible
reasons why is impossible to have this show on the radio. The show was part of
my research on Brexit for a drama I’m writing. I was feeling connected to my
writing, constantly reflecting on it. It was also interesting to hear so many
opinions expressing themselves freely on radio in this show. I was not feeling
disconnected from democracy. I can’t understand bans and censorships; I find
them really uninteresting.
More
on ‘Previously on ‘The Nigel Farage Show’ on LBC:
‘How
do you feel about Boris Johnson breaking his promise on us leave on October 31st?’
‘I think this Brexit trick is survivable,
in order to enjoy the British Brexit treat.’
‘Does he owe us an apology for
postponing Brexit?’
‘I’m not included in the collective
‘us’: I’m an outsider. And in order not to be an insider of the EU anymore, one
only needs to relocate: “New place, new luck.’ An individual can leave without
a deal and without negotiations. But Boris Johnson apologized. It’s unluckily
for many politicians to do so. I took it as a sign of strength, not of weakness;
of being a human politician, not an inhuman one, a humble British politician,
not an arrogant European one, etc.’
The timing was good. This show
stopped, when I was quite ready with my drama writing, but the addiction to
listen to the LBC’s debates is unstoppable, and I downloaded the app on my
smart phone. ‘The Nigel Farage Show’ on LBC sounded a joyful political
discussion on a less joyful political topic – as most political topics are.
What’s that? Listen…
Currently on ‘The
Nigel Farage Show’:
‘With 30 days to go until the 31st
of January, do you think that we’re leaving with a deal, without a deal or we
are not leaving at all?’
I thought that Britain and Brexit
are already released from ‘House arrest’… .
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