€3000 for a damp rag - Statement by Nigel Farage MEP (2 March 2010)

[sswemmer]

Van Rompuy is a damn damp rag; and should pull his head from between Queen Beatrix's legs

[SSTTEEAALLTTHH]

@sswemmer

What does the Dutch Queen have to do with a Belgian politician?

[sswemmer]

@SSTTEEAALLTTHH The dutch queen is a bilderberger as Van Rompuy is too; under the table they decided, without any European consent, to put him in the seat for EU President.

THAT is what they got to do with each other.

They are all a bunch of scumbags. Dictators

[midgiemarsh]

love it love it love it. You Mr Farage are the only hope for Britain and the only hope for Europe for that matter

[diekerel]

The only ones that need to apologise for the situation in Belgium are the incompetent ministers that want to cling to their bountifull wages and 'bonuses', also the idiots or ignorants that allowed them to govern though.

Personally I hope that soon Belgium bursts, so the northern part finally can work for itself instead of the southern part.

[homontohomonto]

Thumbs for from Poland Mr Farage!!! Europe had better wake up from this romantic illusion. Otherwise it's gonna be suicidal for us....Hundreds of thousends people out of job, with milions struggeling to make ends meet... Abolish the facist state!!! Greetings to all who oppose the mainstream lies.

[NeoFalcon69]

Don't bother apologising to us "Belgians" this so call nation is nothing but a illusion must like the EU - freedom for the Flemish north.

[cwm0869]

Mr. Farage thank you from the U.S. for saying it like it is. Euro and U.S. socialists need to be called out for who they are.

[Ivansrbija1989]

Utmost support from Serbia... Mr. Farage, you are my sole political hero of all along with Olof Palme (ex prime minister) from Sweden!!!

please keep it up, I don't want to live in a dictatorship

greetings to all

[3droadrunner]

Nice work Mr. Farage! ! Stand for us!!! the people of Europe

[Ph4ntom74]

well this is not surprise to me, over here in Europe or any other country in the world for that matter we have no free speech. its all big time BS.

[lexidart]

I'm an American and I want Mr. Farage as my president.

[ThoughtsIsYourTrue]

Wonderful man in the great position ,everything in a timely manner. All of humanity is grateful to you especially Poland. Patriotism is a sense of dignity. And You Mr Farage. have both features

Freedom and victory. Thank You.

[ShwangShwing]

Not allowing personal insults (classifying someone's appearance as a damp rag) and insults on a nation (Belgium) are not exactly what I thing of when I hear suppression of free speech.

[alimakjames]

and its bank clerk, not clock juice..

[alimakjames]

forage, i hope canada gets a pm like you some day. your a good man, keep it up sir, you got the guts of winston churchhill in you

[Juicexlx]

Hahahaha ! I appologize to any bank clock that I might have offended !!

Well, sure 3000 Euro is a lot, but just like the Mastercard slogan says,

some things are priceless ! Besides: ''Damp rag'' + ''low grade bank clock''

said into two separate occasions would have been 6000 Euro !

You got both for 1/2 price and international recognition !! Not a bad deal ! LOL

[NumberDne]

@Juicexlx He said he was a low grade bank clerk not clock. Either way it was funny mon ami.

[Juicexlx]

Hahaha ! Yeah ! I've finally got the hang of the accent, but it was too late to re-write my comment !

Oh ! But I like my version ! I think it's more devilishly funny, because you don't have to excuse yourself

to any ''low grade bank clock'' ! Ehehe ! Thanks, Mon ami ! ;)

[thunderdragon14]

He looks like a british John Boehner

[kerstmanneke82]

If there is such a thing, I would not be classed as being Rightwing, but, I must say, if I was English (which I am not, I am belgian) I'd vote for him in the Europarliament. Nigel Farage, concerning Europe, we are on the same level. If ever there was a referendum, I'd so vote against anything EU.

[NumberDne]

@kerstmanneke82 I salute you for your open mind because many Belgians think he is attacking Belgium. He is not attacking Belgium, he is attacking the main location of EU institutes, which have just been dumped in Belgium. Belgium and brusselles in particular has been taken over by the EU and is being used as a dumping ground for the EU institutions. I have been to belgium and it seems that the EU is wiping away Belgiums culture, history etc. No To EU!

[readmuch]

Donations should be given to cover the cost I wish US politicians had as much balls. Their gutless and an embarrassment.

Good job N. Farage for standing up for truth; great courage and heroic example for Europeans!

[glendelio]

Freedom of speech is not insulting people but saying your opinion. If nigel stands for democracy why is a country with 11 million people a no one country ? How many country's are smaller in population and have a smaller budget within the european union?"many" Were on place 29 of richest countries and population place 77 of the 243 countries. Belgium was involved in every european conflict WWI and WWII for example! He's just a very stupid man with no respect for others.The george bush of England.

[RozekKwidzyn]

Farage for King... of Poland!

[otto3663]

@RozekKwidzyn he would not accept that title -however Pole's could use some leadership

[BartosWoodmoon]

@SouthBerchem

That's one mature comment.

* You're from Belgium

* You criticise Nigel for "national-offend"

* Then you offend another country, just because they have "up's"? And nobody gives a shite about yours.

* C'mon, you're 10 or what?

* Keep one whinin' - You're entertaining us all in here :)

Ye. I'm from Poland. I wish you could said that to me in personal.

Still, its easier to hide behind glass wall and whine isn't it?

[thesmart358]

NIgel, you rock. We need more of your hard-hitting politics and statements here in the world, because, clearly, the world is going down the toilet.

[2009MINK]

If you do not like what someone has to say... Tax them any way you can.

Nigel is fined for what he said... what about fining those based on what they do?

After all... action speaks louder than words, and I am deeply offended by the actions of the EU.

[PunknDrunk]

No one wants to be part of Europe its an awful place the way that its run so keep up the good work and fight for the UK

[unmarkedX]

I think that is fair enough

He only apologized to bank clerks

How about damp rugs?

For European parliament standards damp rugs are pretty damn charismatic

Comparing them to that zombie was totally uncalled for

[YwOwUwTwUwBwE]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA serves that asshole right! calling belgium a non-country, fuck him, i hope he gets tons of fines, fucking british toad

[DocGorilla]

@YwOwUwTwUwBwE except hes right.....

[RyanADillon]

@YwOwUwTwUwBwE Lol as if three thousand euros matters to anyone in a position of power. Why should someone who was NEVER elected democratically in his own country become the unelected president of the EU?

[YwOwUwTwUwBwE]

@RyanADillon Because he's Belgian?

[Aegialeus]

Is that a flat rate the charged you, or was it by the letter or word, or maybe possibly by time.

I curious if you use a dried up rag if they will charge you more or less.

Nigel, refuse to pay it as a protest.

Cheers!

And keep up the great work.

[izmirtheastarach]

Farage is a hero of freedom and democracy. Everything he said is 100% correct. The unelected president of the United States of Europe needs to be called out as often as possible. Facists.

[19arma70]

Freedom of Speech !!!!! You are such and idiot, you have someone personally attacked and insulted the entire nation, BIG MISTAKE

[EvolRogg]

And Herman van Rompuy attacks ~500.000.000 people in Europe. So who's the real asshole?

Whiner

[ntwicm65]

When calling someone an idiot, it's best to check your own spelling first, my friend. "and idiot"?

Nigel Farage is the only straight talking politician. While I don't agree with everything, I commend his honesty. It's a valuable thing for a politician, regardless of his ideologies.

[xaviqaz]

Watson, Schulz, Cohn Bendit and Verhofstadt have compared eurosceptics with nazis

[soundnicetome]

Good on you Nigel,once again telling them how it is !!! At the moment the only person who has the balls to say what we already know.This EU set up is a con !!!

[bernhard12345]

Nigel, thank you very much for speaking out against the EU Criminals!

[vladtepesblogdotcom]

I trust you will not pay. It is crucial that other people, especially elected leaders, see that there is no cost to unfashionable political opinion. You MUST not pay.

This would be chill on free speech and the end of the enlightenment.

Question:

If it costs 3K to call him a damp rag, how much to call him a colostomy bag?

[AurynThePaladin]

California loves you Mr. Farage!

[hvanoorschot]

At least someone in Europe is doing a good job. Could you do something about the measures that have been taken against the dutch policy to ban people on welfare being able to import brides from backward countries?

[ArcadioCorleone]

Keep up good!

[realIsnogood]

Love you, Keep up the good work, and he is a damp rag in my book

[sveigor]

Nice one:)

[TailsProduktions]

i LOVE people like u, i am from the Netherland,u know the Wilders Trail.We need more people like u in the goverment!!

[Bulgroz99]

Thank you, we need people like you speaking out against this EU nightmare. We want to control out own countries and our own borders again. The EU is leading us straight to dissaster.

[amivoytec]

Thank you UKIP and Mr Farage for your fighting. In the Poland before 1989 we had red communism, now we have blue communism. I don't know which is worse...

[europarl]

@ euroboi7 - Who, in this day & age, calls the EU 'the European Community'? It shows where you stand on the EU doesn't it? You don't just need updating, you need a complete overhaul.

If the standard of living in Poland is sharply increasing, as you say, then it is thanks to the Polish people and despite membership.

As to the 91% support for the EU, I would say it reflects very badly on those Europhile pollsters.

Finally, concerning your name-calling, kudos, it's what Europhiles do best.

[DocGorilla]

@europarl yeah, well, about that standard of living in poland... looks like the russians fixed that problem.....

[gooly88]

Nigel Farage you are the smartest politician in european parlament. if i could, i wolud vote for you!

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gooly the Pole

[karas64]

You're doing a great job Mr Farage! Keep it up, you got full support from 'thinking part' of Poland.

[VossPL]

@karas64 Hahahahahahaha!

[Jerricho68]

3,000 Eurotrash notes for calling that slumdog cocksucker a damprag? Belgium isn't really a country. 300 Euros a day is a good gig if you can get it. It is time all these treasonous U.N. dogs were assimilated into elevator shafts and Davey Jones locker. Von Rumpranger under the RICO statutes could be hanged anyway. Belgium keeps trying to indict American leaders. 1,000 I.C.B.M.'s could cure their delusions of grandeur. All that bluster and no military. Eurotrashia is rype for conquest.

[stuanemma]

@Jerricho68 PMSL thanks for adding humour to this politically urgent and daunting subject.

[Jerricho68]

Just keep working and your American masters will let you have another bowl of porridge you effeminate cocksucker.

[yanbar1]

It would be great if there were more people like you in European Parliament Mr. Farage. I would like to support UKIP, but I don't know how. Sadly, there is no major political group here in Poland with similar objectives as UKIP.

[excail4]

In my opinion you are doing great, and you know what you do So keep doing it because I've no Idea at all what's going on there.

[bezetuba]

M. Farange, you have wide support in Poland, thank you!

You're my favorite politician along with Vaclav Klaus.

[upiorny83]

@bezetuba u nich jest N.Farage i V.Klaus (można ew. dodać D.Ganley), u nas jest Janusz Korwin-Mikke.

[schizoafekt]

EU for people, not communistic agents

Thank you Mr.Farage

A ty, Buzek, ze współpracy z SB przed swoim Bogiem, na którego się powołujesz ze współpracy z SB będziesz ślepiami świecił

[leremg]

Mr Farage, you speak out what's in the mind of all European people! Thank you very much and my best wishes to you from Germany!

[Markeiboi]

The fact his was FINED for expressing an opinion just shows what a complete and utter shambles the whole thing is.

Keep going Farage! The only person who's actually speaking up and getting our voices heard. Can you claim the money for the fine from expenses? That'd be hilarious.

Will be voting UKIP in the coming elections, shame my local branch is run by someone equally as damp raggish!

[CheaterNLaw]

@Markeiboi hey what if Rompuy thinks that this guy is batshit insane? should he use such words in european parliament??? he got fined because of his choice of words, if u cant see anything wrong with what he said you're batshit insane as well!

[Markeiboi]

'damp rag' is hardly as offensive as 'batshit insane' is it?

And the fact you just called me 'batshit insane' doesn't really prove any points does it? I'm not in a position to fine you for it - so why should anybody else be?

[milianriedel]

Mr. Farage, you have my support from Czech Republic

[nurtureyourchild]

Way to go Nigel!!!!!

I actually feel proud to be British again; I haven't felt that for a long time!!!!!

[LightsEShadows]

ah ah ah only excuses to bank clerks to have compared to such stupid peoples from EU ! Go Nigel, go !! :-)

Support from Italy. Keep going on. Fine for free speech and opinion its very disturbing man !!

You Was not offensive, was just a free opinion.

As i said other place, pay the double and tell them to go to hell !

:-)

Freedom and Liberty for Europe, please make US full know whats going on over here !

[santaryder]

Free speech is very expensive in Europe! The truth even more!

I love you Nigel!!!!! you are speeking in the name of the most of the Europeans !!!

Fucking Vanrompuy , you should be ashamed!!!!!!

[HytchJR]

"Charisma of a damp rag" - let's be honest here, it's purely factual. The kind of things other members have said have been much much worse.

You're a legend, Mr Farage - you seem to be the only politician with his head screwed on and has Britain's interests at heart. Keep up the good work.

[Clausewitzz]

He should try more for these payments for free speech it will surely get publicity...

It allready has ofcourse but more is even more in this case...

[europarl]

SDNihil1 - it's $4090

[kevinz1985]

Lol !

Where can i send 10€ to Mr Farage ? ^^

I mean it's only 600 people giving 10€ + a little advance to Nigel Farage for him to make an other "free" speech =)

[europarl]

We joked about that in fact - some donation box - I'm sure his many thousands of supporters from Poland would have donated too.

[lilmitchy00]

HAHHAHA!!!

That's an expensive insult!

[virgilszilagyi]

Well done!! Keep it going Nigel. You are the only one we can count on. Set up a donation on ukip site to pay this fine :) we will put the money together.

[1madaboutguitar]

Yes, I've never chipped in for a damp rag before but Im happy to make it a first

[krayzeeryan]

@SDNihil1

$12,354,667

only jk XD

[europarl]

lol @ krayzeeryan - that's 7 dollars too much

[europarl]

krayzeeryan - Now I get it! You come from the future.

[krayzeeryan]

keep it coming Nigel, you're the only thing worth watching in the EU "parliament".

[Scoforever]

Keep it up then Nigel. If you do get suspended then just get a megaphone and shout at them from outside.

[wrathofgod86668]

Well done Nigel, God bless you Sir.

[ArchDufferJones]

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