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You can't inject words into someone else's mouth like that, and assume the worst possible motivation.

I was watching Farage's lips move when he said that the RNLI should save migrant lives, but that it shouldn't have to. The crisis is burdening their already difficult work.

Can you refer us to instances of you changing your opinion on the site? In fact, I'd say you're a prime example of blinkered conservatism. I recall you recently saying that you rather like Orban based on a Tucker Carlson interview. This was in spite of the fact you're well aware of the numerous human rights abuses under his regime. Basically you seem to admire the far right whatever they do and don't really want to express any criticism of them.

Ya, Nigel Farage and his supporters tend to xenophobes. That's because his entire career has been built off expressing xenophobic views. In much the same way as I'd say a person who's fine with letting people drown because they're refugees is in fact a xenophobe. You can take offense by this viewpoint but if you're happy to support individuals with rather hateful views, the fact that you are happy to excuse them means you either share the views or don't view them to be that bad. That's not a view on Brexit supporters but a view on people who lap up Farage's commentary. Farage is Tommy Robinson in a suit.

Nigel Farage has never uttered one xenophobic statement in his entire political career. If he were truly xenophobic, I wouldn't be a supporter.

Making statements on immigration =/= automatically xenophobic.

What more can I say? I don't support allowing migrants to drown.

I also believe, like Farage, that the RNLI should not act as a taxi service for incoming migrants.

Holding both of those views at the same time is not incompatible.

What happens is that Farage offers commentary on the immigration question and, no matter how mild the comment, it'll be packaged as "racist" by his political opponents.

There is no sense of balance or perspective. All critical views on migration are automatically deemed xenophobic by large swathes of the Left.

Criminal rapists and murderers were about to be deported from the UK the other day. Diane Abbott argued that was racist and they should remain in the UK.

See my point?

I've changed my mind millions of times over the years. I used to be a liberal leftie, Israel-hating, Obama-supporting person.

My views evolved over the years and I now hold the opposite views on many issues. I used to think Israel were evil personified until my eyes were opened to the context of their neighbours in the region all being a hell of a lot worse.

I previously alluded to the idea that migrants rescued might remove the hazard and thereby embolden multiples of migrants to make the trip on the expectation that they'll be saved if things go belly up. I change my mind on that. It's not the RNLI's job to pick and choose who they rescue. But I think politicians need to take action to avoid the RNLI being put in this position. That much I don't change my mind.

What is the number one most racist or xenophobic thing Farage has ever said. I mean there should be dozens of examples, but just pick the juiciest one to illustrate? Maybe I'm thick but just educate me for a moment. I'm expecting the "election poster" will be the go-to play here, even though it's never been explained how exactly it is racist.

People point out Diane Abbott is not the sharpest tool the in box, that gets labelled as racist as well. Even Trevor Phillips is racist apparently.

He said he has never used it, and wouldn't use it.

He wasn't defending use of the comment, he was defending the fact that many people throughout northern communities harmlessly use the phrase because it is normal in their community. It doesn't make it ideal, but if you had a very deprived family who said to each other on a Friday night, "Let's go to the local Chinky", that's not harming anyone. It's certainly not said with hostility or racial hatred (the core part of the definition of racism). They're not saying it because they hate Chinese people. They're saying it because they want tasty food from an establishment they clearly love to have in the community.

Is it the most appropriate language in the world? Perhaps not.

But, again, let's not get so middle class snobbish about this.

We don't live in this pristine world of black and white. There are shades of grey, too.

Where is this example of Nigel Farage uttering a racially hateful comment? There must be thousands of examples.

I just can't find them!

Not a Barbour jacket, no.

He's referring to this style of coat.

The statistics back it up.

I'm sure you saw the statistics from the poster above on Islamic immigration into Europe. I agree with those statistics, and almost everyone I know holds the same view, too.

Immigration was also the chief reason why the UK opted to Brexit.

Whether it's a disaster is neither here nor there, it's what they voted for in overwhelming number - 17.4 million.

What's a disaster is what the French are doing, failing to prevent economic migrants from entering the English Channel to make that dangerous journey. As a direct consequence of their inaction, an economic migrant drowned yesterday. I predict that far more will drown unless the French stop their spiteful behaviour and ignoring British requests, and simply manage this problem for the safety of the migrants if anything else.