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Farage not holding constituency surgeries amid concerns over knife attacks

19 Sep 2024 2 minute read
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage .Photo Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Nigel Farage has said he is not holding in-person surgeries in his constituency over fears the public will “flow through the door with knives in their pockets”.

The Reform UK leader said he had been advised not to accommodate the “old-style” physical meetings between MPs and their constituents in his seat of Clacton.

The politician has repeatedly been accused of not prioritising his Commons role, coming under fire for spending time in the US endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential campaign following the July 4 election.

During a phone-in on LBC, the MP was asked whether he had an office in his constituency – and how many surgeries he had held there since being elected more than two months ago.

“Do I have an office in Clacton? Yes. Am I allowing the public to flow through the door with their knives in their pockets? No, no I’m not,” he replied.

David Amess

Asked why would the people of Clacton want to flow through the door with knives in their pockets, he said: “Well they did in Southend. They murdered David Amess, and he was a far less controversial figure than me.”

Conservative politician Sir David was fatally stabbed during a surgery in his Southend constituency in 2021 by an Islamic State-supporting terrorist.

Asked whether he was hosting physical surgeries in Clacton, Mr Farage told LBC “not yet”, but that he would “when Parliament allows me”.

On whether he had been advised for his own security not to hold surgeries, he replied: “I would have thought that would make sense, wouldn’t you?”

He said the guidance had been given by “the Speaker’s (Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s) office, and beneath the Speaker’s Office there is a security team who give advice and say you should do some things and not do others”.

“So we’re not in a fit state to do the old-style surgeries, but do you know what, if you’ve got something to say to me as a Clacton resident, Zoom is not the end of the world,” Mr Farage added.


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Jeff
Jeff
1 day ago

He also said a load of rubbish on the show this am with other questions (Ferrari is not a great challenger a lot of the time). He did his usual spiel and really supported trumps and Vances lies on Springfield yet they are getting loads of violent threats now, trumps mini me showing where is ability and loyalties lie.

Erisian
Erisian
1 day ago

As in – “I’ve got my seat now, so my constituents can just (expletive deleted) themselves

J Jones
J Jones
1 day ago

His agenda has as much to do with serving the mugs that elected him as it was with Alexander ‘Boris’ Johnson.

Ideal excuse for him to avoid the voters and spend all his time on his own self serving agenda.

Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
1 day ago

The days of milk shakes remembered with nostalgia, he has so much bad karma I’m surprised the sniveling coward gets out of bed…

He forgets about Jo Cox long before S’port…

‘Sticks and Stones’ but words on a poster have consequences…

Rob
Rob
1 day ago

What do you expect if your endorsing a former President who has already faced 2 assassination attempts? Although I suspect this is just an excuse for him to be lazy.

Frank
Frank
1 day ago

One trick pony. All mouth and no trousers. An agitator.

Last edited 1 day ago by Frank
Cablestreet
Cablestreet
1 day ago

Farage has got more chance of taking one for Trump in America than getting stabbed in Clacton.

Oswald Meusli (Sir)
Oswald Meusli (Sir)
1 day ago

Why is everyone being nasty to Nigel? He’s doing what he considers his best, offering to hold a Zoom meeting from the USA with one lucky constituent in Clacton whilst at the same time helping Donald Make America Great Again.
Oh Clacton, how blest you are!

Jeff
Jeff
1 day ago

He could open a trump gift shop in clacton and do it that way. Fake ear bandages, Mrs Trumps new book, top secret US nuclear secrets and spy lists, signed golf carts and so on, books on how to buy judges and so on. Run courses from the shop on how to retweet absolute cobblers but guaranteed to inflame riots.

Oswald Meusli (Sir)
Oswald Meusli (Sir)
1 day ago
Reply to  Jeff

I had such high hopes for him but now all that’s left for him is flogging off tat for 30p a throw. The Prat.

onedragonontheshirt
onedragonontheshirt
1 day ago

Any excuse to get out of actually representing his constituents. The racists and inbreds of Clacton must be kicking themselves.

Old Curmudgeon
Old Curmudgeon
1 day ago

Surely the people who elected him deserve all they get (or don’t get in this case) If they wanted a real constituency MP then they should have voted for one.

Fi yn unig
Fi yn unig
16 minutes ago

He must be revelling in his self bestowed (not by the speakers’ office) ‘special’ status of MP in need of most protection. If he believes knives would be ‘flowing through the door’, then he should ask himself why he thinks that and also be honest (difficult for him I know) and tell his constituents that he will never be able to do in person surgeries because he won’t change so neither will the perceived threat.

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