In my opinion the leader of the far-right Reform UK party is a para-fascist ‘Thatcherite’ who if ever gets governmental power will shed the few sheep’s clothing left and reveal himself and his party as neo-fascists of ruthless capabilities.
The man is a proven liar: remember the Brexit campaign him and that other clown Boris Johnson led? They hired a coach with the slogan “We send the EU £350 million a week, lets fund our NHS instead”. The figure was false and represented gross not net and did not “account for the UK's rebate (approx. £75 million) or the money the EU spent back in the UK on things like farming subsidies and regional aid”. It was designed to fool the electorate who, as per, fell for it - certainly in England hook line and sinker! On the day the result the UK was leaving the EU was broadcast Farage was on television beaming from ear to ear admitting they had got “that one wrong” referring to the £350 million per week. He all but admitted lying in order the Leave the EU side won. This is the man who, if polls are true, will be the UK Prime Minister in 2029. Let’s hope not.
All bourgeois politicians are to a greater or lesser degree liars. They have to be, it is a dishonest system they will govern. It is a dishonest class of people, the bourgeoisie, whose interests they will preside over and serve but even by these standards Nigel Farage is in a league of his own. He is the man who likes to portray himself as the bloke who is great company in the pub, the man who likes a pint and always has a smile on his face. On the odd occasion Farage is caught off camera his visage without the smile reveals a phoney grotesque image which is nearer the man who would be PM than the nice bloke image who likes a pint. Even by the standards of illusionary parliamentary democracy which is a dirty devious game Farage is in a different division. He would certainly be too much for the comparatively (compared to many parliaments and politicians in other countries) honest Irish Taoiseach and Dail TDs. The likes of Jim O’Callaghan, Twenty-Six-County Minister for Justice, and MLA Mathew O’Toole would be out of their depth with Farage which is why when I read in the Irish Daily Mirror their comments along with former Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, I raised an eyebrow.
On Friday 26th June 2026 the newspaper reported almost laughably 'Reform In Power May Spur A United Ireland.' Firstly let’s get one point of ideology right Reform UK are exactly that, a party to strengthen the UK not weaken it. They are a unionist party and on this subject Farage has already indicated, as leader of that party, his desire to “renegotiate” the Good Friday Agreement. Roughly translated this means tear the thing up and despite not being a supporter of the GFA text myself it is for totally different reasons to those of Reform UK. Nigel Farage claims he wishes to alter the GFA in a “minor” way through renegotiation. Of course the DUP will love this idea and from their point of view who could blame them?
All bourgeois politicians are to a greater or lesser degree liars. They have to be, it is a dishonest system they will govern. It is a dishonest class of people, the bourgeoisie, whose interests they will preside over and serve but even by these standards Nigel Farage is in a league of his own. He is the man who likes to portray himself as the bloke who is great company in the pub, the man who likes a pint and always has a smile on his face. On the odd occasion Farage is caught off camera his visage without the smile reveals a phoney grotesque image which is nearer the man who would be PM than the nice bloke image who likes a pint. Even by the standards of illusionary parliamentary democracy which is a dirty devious game Farage is in a different division. He would certainly be too much for the comparatively (compared to many parliaments and politicians in other countries) honest Irish Taoiseach and Dail TDs. The likes of Jim O’Callaghan, Twenty-Six-County Minister for Justice, and MLA Mathew O’Toole would be out of their depth with Farage which is why when I read in the Irish Daily Mirror their comments along with former Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, I raised an eyebrow.
On Friday 26th June 2026 the newspaper reported almost laughably 'Reform In Power May Spur A United Ireland.' Firstly let’s get one point of ideology right Reform UK are exactly that, a party to strengthen the UK not weaken it. They are a unionist party and on this subject Farage has already indicated, as leader of that party, his desire to “renegotiate” the Good Friday Agreement. Roughly translated this means tear the thing up and despite not being a supporter of the GFA text myself it is for totally different reasons to those of Reform UK. Nigel Farage claims he wishes to alter the GFA in a “minor” way through renegotiation. Of course the DUP will love this idea and from their point of view who could blame them?
Jim O’Callaghan said; “a Reform UK government could hasten the timeline for calling referenda on Irish unification” a sentiment shared by Leo Varadkar and Mathew O’Toole. Leo’s rationale for his agreement with Jim O’Callaghan is: “a Reform led government that seeks to double down on Brexit could act as an accelerator towards reunification”. Should this happen any referenda or even a border poll would be at a time of this “reform led government's” choosing, in all probability when they feel a vote to maintain the union is a near certainty.
Failing that those who innocently believe Farage is a normal politician, even allowing for the accepted level of deviousness, should ask themselves a united Ireland under which flag? Reform UK are very fond of the Union Jack and are unlikely to want one of the three crosses of which the flag consists removed. For those who are unaware the crosses which combine to make up the Union Flag, or Jack, are the Cross of Saint George (England), the Cross of Saint Andrew (Scotland), and the Cross of Saint Patrick (Ireland), now “Northern Ireland” since 1922.
It is not beyond Nigel Farage to suggest the Twenty-Six-Counties returning to the British Commonwealth Realms, consisting of fourteen countries of the fifty-six member states which comprise the whole commonwealth, with the British Monarch as head of state. Farage would, if this were to happen, bank on the Irish government having all eyes on unification forgetting who will be head of state until it’s too late! Should the Irish refuse this arrangement Farage could possibly use bully boy tactics, like his mate Trump, to force the issue. Should such a “Reform led government” decide on a border poll at their discretion they would make sure it went their way. They could then tell all nationalist groups, including the Dublin government, they’ve ‘had their much wished for referendum or border poll and lost now shut the fuck up about it’!
Nigel Farage is no friend of Ireland despite his friendly overtures towards Dublin. Hitler was once friendly towards Czechoslovakian leader, Edvard Benes, at the time of the Munich Agreement over the Sudetenland. This was until he got his way then the paper smile dropped and a more aggressive Hitler, the real one, came to the fore as Nazi tanks steamrolled over the entire country.
Nigel Farage is no friend of Ireland despite his friendly overtures towards Dublin. Hitler was once friendly towards Czechoslovakian leader, Edvard Benes, at the time of the Munich Agreement over the Sudetenland. This was until he got his way then the paper smile dropped and a more aggressive Hitler, the real one, came to the fore as Nazi tanks steamrolled over the entire country.
It was suggested that a rise in “English nationalism” could bring forward any referenda on Irish unity. This again is an illusion because England is the metropolis of the UK in fact the UK could be described as an ‘English Empire’ and any split involving England leaving the union would be, for Reform UK, unthinkable. A reformed UK yes, a UK without England no-way! Speaking at an event in Belfast on the 25th June Mr O’Callaghan suggested:
There could be (a poll in the next four years) if Reform came to power, if they decided they wanted to get out of the European Convention on Human Rights and if that required them to dispense with Northern Ireland, that could occur, but I can’t predict the future.
You certainly got the last line right, Jim, you certainly cannot “predict the future”. I think your wishful thinking for a far-right government in Britain, one to the right of Thatcher’s government which murdered ten Irish Republican POWs, will benefit Ireland think again. Such fanciful talk is akin to Arthur Scargill promoting a Thatcher led government because they would save the coal industry!
When dealing with Reform UK and Nigel Farage in particular it is like ‘taking soup with the Devil’ always use a long spoon. Look through Farage’s paper smile, the great bloke to have a pint with image, and treat with suspicion at least anything the man says. He and his cohort Boris Johnson, who lacked the basic intelligence to do it alone, conned the English people with their lies about the £350 million per week going to the EU, claiming that money could be spent of the “NHS”. He then went on television laughing at the fact he had pulled it off. Will the Twenty-Six-County administration be a match for this sheep in wolves clothing? Not a fucking hope in hell, more likely he, Farage, could take back the whole of Ireland claiming it to be unified once again under the UK flag!!
When dealing with Reform UK and Nigel Farage in particular it is like ‘taking soup with the Devil’ always use a long spoon. Look through Farage’s paper smile, the great bloke to have a pint with image, and treat with suspicion at least anything the man says. He and his cohort Boris Johnson, who lacked the basic intelligence to do it alone, conned the English people with their lies about the £350 million per week going to the EU, claiming that money could be spent of the “NHS”. He then went on television laughing at the fact he had pulled it off. Will the Twenty-Six-County administration be a match for this sheep in wolves clothing? Not a fucking hope in hell, more likely he, Farage, could take back the whole of Ireland claiming it to be unified once again under the UK flag!!
Forewarned is forearmed. And remember, Farage was weaned in the Thatcher tradition of the day, herself a would-be fascist - fortunately her party was not. Nigel Farage the man with racist and fascist views has a party of likeminded people under him. When dealing with this man remember Czechoslovakia and Edvard Benes 1938!!
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| Caoimhin O’Muraile is Independent Socialist Republican and Marxist. |
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