He's making the perfectly fair (if broader) point

that it's odd for there to be such an outcry about Farage visiting a football club given that if they follow what's suggested by polling, about 25% of its fans will vote for him

Posted By: Old Git on April 1st 2026 at 16:41:21

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Ipswich Town news (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 13:34:03
- Yep the left = "cancel culture". Investigate the all the de-banking under the dems (n/m) (Other Football) - Musky, Apr 1, 19:36:55
  - ‍🇺🇳 🖤 🏳️‍🌈 🏳 🏳️‍⚧️ ☮️ 🌎 🤍 ✌️ (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Apr 1, 20:45:17
- Absolutely no chance anyone in East Anglia will vote for Reform. (Other Football) - shoddy, Apr 1, 14:21:58
  - 7/10....you did get the usual shlubz to bite.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Apr 1, 16:07:52
    - Same old faeces (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 17:15:49
      - Harsh but true.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Apr 1, 17:33:57
  - It's about diversity Shoddy. Farage is antidiversity and football clubs are pro-diverstity (Other Football) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Apr 1, 15:18:07
    - Pretty much everyone is in favour of diversity (Other Football) - paulg, Apr 1, 16:26:16
      - I think what gets missed here is that (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 17:29:43
        
        I didn't say it was bad, or unprecedented; I said that we need to find a shared sense (Other Football) - paulg, Apr 1, 17:49:29
        
        Why is this needed in its old form? Why can this not evolve? (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 18:14:31
        
        I get where you’re coming from but it’s not straightforward (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 18:46:28
        
        Well no it's not straightforward - I was asking more questions than providing answers, but (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 19:31:41
        
        There was something I didn’t intend (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 19:52:18
      - I don’t think (pretty much) everyone is in favour of it (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 17:21:56
        
        Exactly, and Farage and Reform are very much not in favour of diversity, racial or sexual (n/m) (Other Football) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Apr 1, 18:14:58
      - "the varieties of diversity that are good or bad" (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 17:17:57
      - Agree with the sentiment if not the whole content (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 16:55:59
        
        the issue with britishness (Other Football) - paulg, Apr 1, 17:37:49
        
        You can't take everything away & replace it with nothing (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 18:19:17
      - i said something similar a few weeks back ..... (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Apr 1, 16:48:11
      - Excellent post (Other Football) - Old Git, Apr 1, 16:34:24
  - Really? (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 15:03:55
  - Green don’t you mean (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Breadstick, Apr 1, 14:39:17
    - Lots of Green placards in my village (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 14:41:45
      - FFS , think of all the trees they cut down to make those.... (n/m) (Other Football) - usacanary, Apr 1, 18:20:26
      - The only placards I've seen so far are Green (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 14:44:17
        
        Same (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 14:46:15
  - So weird (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 14:24:50
    - He's making the perfectly fair (if broader) point (Other Football) - Old Git, Apr 1, 16:41:21
      - Oh well (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 17:58:58
      - OG!!! (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 16:58:07
  - Shoddy! ffs man. (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 14:24:14
  - Oh joy (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Apr 1, 14:22:50
- To be fair Farage is right there. As funny as I found the whole episode (Other Football) - Jim, Apr 1, 13:38:13
  - ‘Other views?’ (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Apr 1, 21:09:07
  - But expressing concern that a club aligns itself with Reform is hard left? (Other Football) - APB, Apr 1, 15:07:49
  - I think you've moved a little off topic there, Jim. (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 13:46:43
    - Details. (n/m) (Other Football) - Pixelman, Apr 1, 13:50:40
  - Most people are not far right like Farage (Other Football) - SCC 28, Apr 1, 13:44:05
    - You don’t know that but (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 14:00:38
      - Nailed it (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 14:17:41
      - Always found it bizarre how important an issue immigration is to voters (Other Football) - SCC 28, Apr 1, 14:16:54
        
        It’s because there is a powerful propaganda that tells them (Other Football) - Knitted Jesus, Apr 1, 14:52:58
        
        It's no comfort, but it's not just us (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 15:03:06
        
        Because they are told that’s the problem. There’s no intellectual curiosity. (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 14:32:11
        
        It's an invasion don't you know? (Other Football) - jamesward, Apr 1, 14:19:13
      - 🤝 (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Apr 1, 14:12:04
  - But it’s ok to shut down anyone with vague concerns about Reform and its impact on (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 13:42:29
    - And my phone strikes again (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Apr 1, 13:42:52

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