From Watts Up With That?

Essay by Eric Worrall

Farage leads Reform UK, a party which recently pulled ahead of the governing Conservatives in the polls, and stands a real chance of becoming the second largest party in the next British parliament.

From the transcript of the video;

Alan Miller (Interviewer): So we’re here at Rev’d up Cafe and we’re joined by Nigel farage.

Alan Miller (Interviewer): Hello Nigel good to be here uh lots of bikers here they’re very concerned, a million and a half votes around the UK many in your constituency where you’re standing. We’ve been speaking to people this morning you got a lot of support here. Some people want to know that what’s just from the kickoff what’s your view on both the ICE ban for bikes and for cars in the UK

Nigel Farage: Well I’ve got form on this because, as a member of the European Parliament of course, regulations on motorbikes were coming from Brussels. And so I’ve met you know motorcycle Action Group Etc many times over the years. Now of course you’d have thought with Brexit now we’re in control it’ll be less of a threat, but it’s not and that’s because of the Whole Net Zero agenda that’s being pursued.

Boris [Prime Minister Boris Johnson] went absolutely full pelt for it. Labor are still on that track. Tories [British Conservatives] are now saying well we won’t do it all tomorrow we wait to a day after.

Frankly the whole thing is about charging us more money. The whole thing is about controlling our life and our behaviors, and in terms of the environment it makes absolutely almost no difference whatsoever.

So look you know bikers want the freedom to ride their bikes, and pursue their hobby. They should be allowed to do that without interference. I do worry that with the Labour government which we’re going to get, I mean think about rules, think about all the different things that have been done low traffic neighborhoods, etc. I suspect for bikers it’s going to be difficult under a Starmer government [Keir Starmer, Labour Leader].

And so what you’re going to need need is a voice of opposition standing up and saying you know please leave these people alone. I did it when I was an MEP I’ll do it when I’m an MP. There’s one other little aspect of this that perhaps people haven’t thought about yet, which is this that the European Court of Human Rights recently ruled that Switzerland had to obey by its Net Zero legislation. So this court that I’ve been complaining about in terms of borders and who stays and who do doesn’t has actually involved itself in this issue as well, and you know I’m very clear about it we should leave the ECR, so you know I think bikers have a right to be concerned, have a right to be worried.

And I’m not just standing here because I’m running for election in a few weeks time, I’ve got a long history of Defending personal freedoms, and in the end Allan that’s what it’s really all about isn’t it.

It’s about individual choices, it’s about people making up their own minds and living their own lives.

So we got 37 million car drivers as well in Britain, as you know. I’ve been on, on when you were doing a show. I’ve been on that talking about what you’ve just mentioned, ULEZ [Ultra Low Emission Zone], LTNs [Low Traffic Neighbourhoods], many people are concerned about the lack of openness and scrutiny from the point of view of Net Zero.”

Alan Miller (Interviewer): Just just remind us what Reform is saying, what you’re saying about it for if you were to be elected?

Nigel Farage: Yeah I mean, look you know I mean Labour are talking about decarbonizing the grid by 2030. Impossible and would cost a fortune, and of course who pays those, at the lowest end in society pay the most percentage of their money on fuel on heating the house and all cooking. All of those sort of things. The Tories are now saying 2035.

What we’re saying is the Whole Net Zero needs a complete rethink. We produce less than 1% of the world’s CO2. China are building about 80 new coal fired power stations every single year.

And the other point about it is that you know of course I want us to be environmentally friendly as much as we can the answer to that above all is nuclear energy if you really want low carb generation of reliable energy that I think you know to me nuclear would be the right way forward.

But either way, either way you know I would always stand up for individual liberty against the state and and it’s been so bad under the Conservatives.

It’ll be worse under Labour, but we all have to accept they’ve won the next election. It’s done, it’s a question of who’s the voice of opposition going to be, and I’m standing up and saying look I’ve got a track record.

I fought the European Union, I fought the banks, I fought many other people over the years and I’ll do the same in Parliament.

…Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcfcoQ6IX7A

Alan Miller is co-founder of Together, a British pro-freedom group which is standing up for the livelihoods and dignity of the British people.

If you read my pieces you will already be aware I’m a major fan of Nigel Farage. I once had the privilege of talking to Nigel Farage over a beer for 20 minutes one on one – he is exactly the same in person as he appears on his videos.

Farage has been utterly consistent when it comes to protecting ordinary people from political attacks on personal freedom, including pointless and painful cost of living hikes caused by Nut Zero policies.

Who can forget the immense outrage and hilarity Nigel Farage caused, when he appointed Lord Monckton as his climate spokesman, back in the UKIP days?

I’m not suggesting rolling back Net Zero is Nigel Farage’s top priority. But I think you can tell from the interview above that rolling back green attacks on the cost of living is important to him.

As Nigel Farage pointed out, it’s now virtually impossible that Labour will lose – they have an overwhelming lead in the polls. But voting for Reform sends a message, the only kind of message some politicians care about. The more votes Farage’s reform receives, the more timid Labour will be about imposing yet more green energy price hikes on the long suffering British public.