Should Nigel Farage be ennobled in the House of Lords?
There are calls for Nigel Farage to be made a Lord and take his place as a peer in the upper house.
When the Tory/Lib Dem coalition was ruling they stated that appointments to the Lords should be made “with the objective of creating a second chamber that is reflective of the share of the vote secured by the political parties in the last general election”. UKIP had four million votes in the last election (and was the third largest party in the UK by votes cast), which was more than the Liberal Democrats who already have 104 peers in the Lords out of a total of 812 members.
Many Liberal Democrats are aghast at the thought of Nigel Farage in the Lords as they blame him for the Brexit vote. They also point out that despite UKIP having had four million votes it still only has one MP.
Supporters of Mr Farage joining the Lords say he has spent 17 years as an MEP and understands the European Union and would be able to positively contribute to the continuing debate on Brexit and other political issues. Others agree and say that the House of Lords appointments are supposed to reflect the most influential figures in society, in politics itself, the church, industry and science and Nigel Farage has been hugely influential in British politics.
What’s your view? Should Nigel Farage be made a Lord and take his place in Parliament. Or as David Cameron said, is UKIP full of “fruitcakes and loonies” and is Farage too reactionary for the Lords?
Should Nigel Farage be ennobled in the House of Lords?
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Love you or hate you as the public may vote. You have guts, drive and a vision to shake up this country, and you have done just that. It was time someone made a stand to make England great again, empower us all.
This gentleman does not need to be a Lord, it would not bode well with seeing him out fishing on the river back with his smoke in his mouth and a hip flask in readyness. Sadly he does not have a party anyone can take seriously, given time who knows yet without him at the top it will never happen.
I would hate for him to accept a peerage, doesn't sit well, he is the man of the people,brilliant. I would hate to lose him to America if Trump offers him a job.
We have one of the most dynamic and committed people in the political arena in Farage, yet he is not a politician. He is at least, unlike our paid politicians, open, honest and transparent. Beat that Labour and Tory!
It's not so much an honour he deserves, no, they go to people retiring from the gladiatorial arena. People so often tainted by the establishment. It is a reward for dirty duties.
Farage must be brought much closer to the centre of government, to the centre of decision making about Europe. Few know Europe better than he and yet, as a convenience, he is sidelined.
OK, bring on the red thumbs.
Oh, and by the way, I'm not a member of UKIP!
Does Farage deserve a peerage. NO!
Why put him in the house of old fogeys who, because of their numbers, will never be heard of again? It's a nice political way of silencing him, but I doubt he would accept.
No, not a peerage but a knighthood. He might be sir Nigel Farage of Thanet South, that would stuff the Tories!
I'm sure my older sparring partner Roof Top Crow will have something to say about this question!
Come back Roof Top, all's forgiven or is it a case, now the battle is lost you've wimped out?
The offer to buy you a pint is still on the table.