The News Agents Farage, flags and Connolly: How the Right turned on the State
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Aug 26, 2025 Nigel Farage's radical mass deportation plan raises eyebrows, threatening to tear up international treaties and escalate public unrest. The discussion dives into the political right's shifting stance towards the state, questioning why conservative leaders are now more focused on dismantling institutions than upholding them. Themes of national identity and pride surrounding the English flag surface, alongside the contentious case of Lucy Connolly, whose imprisonment highlights the fraught balance between free speech and societal justice in an increasingly polarized climate.
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Farage's Deportation Playbook
- Nigel Farage framed a mass deportation plan as a renewal of government contract to reduce anger and avert disorder.
- His proposals include quitting treaties, detention camps and rapid returns to signal decisive action.
Don't Weaponise Threats Of Disorder
- Jon Sopel warns invoking civil disorder to justify policy risks normalising street politics and undermines parliamentary democracy.
- He stresses politicians must not use threats of violence as leverage for policy change.
Trump Tactics Don't Translate
- Replicating US-style border tactics in the UK is impractical due to geography, law and weaker leverage over neighbouring states.
- Farage's comparisons to Trump ignore legal constraints like the Good Friday Agreement and practical return channels.
