If I thought for a second brexit was animated by leftist concerns I would indulge this criticismhttps://twitter.com/greg_palast/status/746855602094149634 …
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yes though I'd dispute that UKIP are "fascists" (they banned actual fascists, like BNP and EDL)
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Replying to @mtracey
UKIP is pretty goddamn fascist Mike. This is Der Stürmer shitpic.twitter.com/3mzLa9udux
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
Yeah that was an undeniably xenophobic poster. Many in GOP do similar. Does not make them "fascist."
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Replying to @mtracey @adamjohnsonNYC
UKIP banned BNP and EDL, disassociate from Le Pen, and Farage even criticized Trump
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Replying to @mtracey @adamjohnsonNYC
Le Pen ousted her father from the party he started in order to make it look less racist. Doesn't make it so.
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Replying to @pblest @adamjohnsonNYC
It means the leadership of the FN no longer tolerates openly batshit insane anti-semitism
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Replying to @mtracey @adamjohnsonNYC
only because it's not a winning electoral strategy, not because they don't actually support it.
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Replying to @pblest @adamjohnsonNYC
Maybe so. Still a tangible difference in the way the party constitutes itself.
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Replying to @mtracey @adamjohnsonNYC
true, but if these people were to ever win, I don't trust them to preside over a peaceful transfer should they lose
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FN winning power would be a nightmare for all sorts of reasons.
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