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"It was supposed to be a private function, but I think it’s a risk, taking on someone as divisive as Nigel Farage. I could not believe that they had made that decision"
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Coun Potter, who supports the club, said: "It was supposed to be a private function, but I think it’s a risk, taking on someone as divisive as Nigel Farage. I could not believe that they had made that decision.
“The event has now been cancelled, which I am happy with. I was not the first person to have seen it;
a few people were cutting up their membership cards, and I thought, what’s that about?
Then I heard other reports on the junior sections – that parents had decided not to take their kids to training that morning.
“If you have people with very strong views in your club, you have to expect some people will be very upset, that is their freedom to take their money away.
Farage is a horrible, horrible person, and the only power I had was to withdraw my support for the club.
"I’m a member of the club, it’s an amazing club and does loads of brilliant things for the community, but all I could do was to withdraw my membership and my support of the club."
In response to the event, a number of residents vented their frustration on Twitter,
Hussein Khambalia wrote: "Is this a joke? How can you justify giving this bigot a platform at what is supposed to be an inclusive community rugby club.
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You are supposed to be helping to increase participation in rugby from all communities and backgrounds, not inviting racists to lecture us."
So that article makes it worse, some of the pathetic reactions from people over an event for charity.
People who have clearly bought fully into the medias bashing of Farage.
Is he perfect? No. Is he controversial, at times yes. A racist, no.
So it's a typical reaction from some of the left.
Some of the people who called him a bigot are bigoted themselves, they were remoaners who can't let go.
Imagine people canceling a corbyn one for charity from crowd pressure etc.
The media would be all over it and balming the 'far right' for losing the hospice money etc.
Some people should have just got a grip.
Don't like it, don't go, think of the cash for the hospice and put that first.