We invited the public to explain why they are voting for Nigel Farage. We begin with Michael Murdoch from Dorset.
‘I hate Britain now. Not the old Britain, obviously, the good one, but the new Britain, which is full of rain, hot weather, clever people and kindness, all of which are extremely suspicious. Once upon a time there were a lot less brains about; we all knew our place. Now it expects me to have an identity, and frankly that feels like an attack.
Take the weather. It is either boiling or raining, sometimes both, which proves climate change is fake. Scientists claim this is complicated, which is how I know they are lying. If climate change were real, it would be simpler, and also it would stop happening when it snows.
Then there is Keir Starmer. The world was perfect before him. I could go on social media or turn on the TV and we just had austerity or Covid or people blaming the EU for absolutely everything. Now I have farmers moaning; Elon Musk doing Hitler salutes and denying it (good for him); Trump murdering liberals with an acronym; my 4-year-old being threatened with a ban from Tik Tok; men surrounded by hounds on horses being challenged about being able to rip a fox to shreds. Why did the country get rid of the last lot anyway? Nobody seems to care about their behaviour on my timeline.
Then there are the people. Too many of them are aware. Too many of them know things. Too many of them have read books or use long words like “context”. These people are called “woke”, which I just define as anyone who disagrees with me or asks me to explain what I mean. I do not explain what I mean. Explaining is for do-gooders and people who listened at school.
Do-gooders are the worst kind of people because they do good on purpose. They volunteer. They have this thing called ’empathy’. They fix things. This makes me uncomfortable, because it suggests effort exists and that I could, in theory, make some. I reject this idea entirely.
I am not racist. I simply notice race constantly and become very upset by it. Immigration is everywhere, even when it isn’t, and I know this because I read it in the tabloids or hear it on GB News. Evidence disagrees, but facts are woke, and I do not trust anything that has been entrapped by knowledge.
Britain used to be simpler. I could say what I liked and as long as I did not cause a scene nobody paid me much attention. Now I am expected to listen, learn or reflect, which feels un-British. I want my country back. not just from foreigners, but from politeness, intelligence and the unbearable pressure to be decent.
That is why I am voting for Nigel Farage. He understands me. He never asks me to think. He never confuses me with facts. He takes my anger, pats it on the head, and tells me it is wisdom. This is leadership.
Some say this is self-pity disguised as patriotism. They are clever, which proves they are part of the problem. Britain must be saved from people who read, care, or improve things before it becomes a place where I feel even more alienated. Nigel Farage does not make me feel alienated. He knows I am a tool and that is good enough for me.’
