Dave

A proud Boltonian and a Wanderer forever. #COYWM #BWFC

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

Been saying this all day

Share - it needs to happen

[Sunday League Footy @SundayChants]

So true...

[Dave @__bwfc__]

@TonyIncenzo Will prop myself up in bed with the aim of watching it after strategic naps today.
Will probably fall asleep before kick off.
Will miss the match.
Be awoken by alarm at 5am for work 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Dave @__bwfc__]

@SPT1603 @Jas_Athwal I think ‘declared’ is the word

[Dave @__bwfc__]

@Keir_Starmer Yes Sir Keir! Good man

[Dave @__bwfc__]

@Benjaminbloom Not the only goal, but it will do for me next season. Maybe a few nice surprise results along the way

[Dave @__bwfc__]

@AmericaRecharge B) No. I would sooner shit in my own hands and clap. The UK is in safe hands. Get over it.

[Dave @__bwfc__]

Absolutely…

[Mark G #SayNoToReform @TheLabourMark]

Keir Starmer is twice the man that Farage will ever hope of being. A good family man with a genuine heart that wants to help people. From his work as DPP and his work as prime minister, he’ll always be remembered in a good way. #Starmer #Keir #Labour

[Dave @__bwfc__]

@BroadcastMoose Indeed. A tough league, but you’ll be favourites to go straight back up.
Would be great to see some of the of the 8 of the 12 founder members of the Football League now in the Championship make a challenge #bwfc

[Dave @__bwfc__]

@OfficialBWFC The fixture list looks great, a real step up. Not a bad start, superb March 😎 COYWM!

[Dave @__bwfc__]

A true Leader 🌹 🇬🇧

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

"New leader will be in place before Parliament returns in September, I will remain in post until the contest is complete"

Keir Starmer announces he will resign as UK prime minister and leader of the Labour Party

Follow live updates and reaction: https://t.co/8HkQf7O9cD

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

"New leader will be in place before Parliament returns in September, I will remain in post until the contest is complete"

Keir Starmer announces he will resign as UK prime minister and leader of the Labour Party

Follow live updates and reaction: https://t.co/8HkQf7O9cD

[Dave @__bwfc__]

@MarcIles Not on my phone they don’t! TBP all the way 👍

[Dave @__bwfc__]

@OfficialBWFC @BurndenAces @Everton Great fixture 👍

[Dave @__bwfc__]

@OfficialBWFC A fantastic, unbelievable, never to be forgotten day 🤍

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

🤣🤣🤣

[Just me — Thomas @TomSoede]

Nigel Farage talking about Britain’s weakened defence is a bit like an arsonist complaining about the smoke.

Fourteen years of Conservative governments cut personnel, delayed procurement and hollowed out capability.

Criticise Labour by all means.

But do not rewrite history. Britain remembers who was in charge.

[Dave @__bwfc__]

@dannykellywords Keep going Danny!

[Dave @__bwfc__]

@TomSoede Exactly that. Blame Labour for everything, and forget about the disaster that preceded the current Government.
Farage doesn’t have a plan, that’s for sure. Apart from flags, lampposts and roundabouts.

[Just me — Thomas @TomSoede]

This morning I asked myself, not for the first time, who is Nigel and I made some notes.

And it does add up.

Here is a man who sells himself as the ordinary bloke with a pint, the man of the people, the great outsider standing up against the establishment.

And yet somehow this ordinary bloke always seems to arrive with a camera crew, a donor network, a friendly broadcaster, and now a parliamentary investigation into a £5 million gift from a crypto billionaire.

Very normal.

Very grassroots.

Very “just one of the lads”.

The peoples revolt, apparently, now comes with lighting, branding, fundraising dinners, professional outrage, and a small question about whether millions should have been declared properly.

Everything is a betrayal when Labour does it.

Everything is “nothing to see here” when Nigel does it.

Housing? Blame Labour.
The NHS? Blame Labour.
The economy? Blame Labour.
Boats? Blame Labour.
A £5 million gift? Suddenly everybody must calm down and respect the process.

And then came Tuesday.

A young man died. A family was grieving. A country was trying to understand something horrific.

And Farage stepped forward.

Not with calm.
Not with care.
Not with responsibilty.

But with his announcement of “pure cold rage”.

That phrase matters.

Because anger is human.
Anger can be moral.
Anger can demand answers, justice, accountability and truth.

I understand anger.
A lot of people are angry.
They have every right to ask serious questions.

But rage is different.

Rage does not ask careful questions.
Rage does not wait for investigations.
Rage does not protect grieving families from becoming political props.

Rage looks for a target.

And that is where Farage always seems most comfertable.

Not solving the pain.
Not calming the country.
Not asking how institutions failed and how they can be fixed.

But standing beside the pain with a microphone, turning the temprature up, and calling it leadership.

Warm enough to repost.
Warm enough to donate.
Warm enough to vote.
But never calm enough to ask:

“Hang on, who benefits from keeping us this angry?”

That is the trick.

He does not need Britain to feel hopeful.
He does not even need Britain to feel informed.

He needs Britain permanently one headline away from rage.

Because rage is usefull.

It fills rallies.
It drives clicks.
It turns grief into theatre.
It makes slogans feel like solutions.

And while everyone is shouting, nobody asks the boring questions.

Where is the plan?
Where is the funding?
Where are the costings?
Where is the responsibilty?

Maybe that is who Nigel Farage is.

Not the man of the people.

But the man who knows exactly how to turn peoples pain into his own political stage.

The Reform & Tory Sitcom continues.

Same chaos. Different rosette.

Anger can demand answers.
Rage just sells tickets.

If this speaks to you, please add your comments, repost it, and maybe follow me — not for me, but because politics needs fewer slogans and more people asking proper questions.

#Farage #ReformUK