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I'm no fan of either Nigel Farage nor his imo divisive politics, but I disapprove of both the milkshake incident and the social media rejoicing in some quarters.

Maybe I'm getting older, but social media politics seems more childish and tribal by the day.

That said, there is a rumour it was a Farage-organised stunt and before hearing said gossip when I saw footage of the incident I must admit the body language and bemused facial expression of the young lady perpetrating the act didn't project "political activist" to me, but might have projected the message: "I'm a local girl with no interest in politics whatsoever, and someone just paid me a few hundred quid to do this."

I could be way off - it's been known! - but it will be mildly interesting to see if any more background information about her emerges.

<blockquote data-quote="Ian_Davies" data-source="post: 2679679" data-attributes="member: 66646">I&#039;m no fan of either Nigel Farage nor his imo divisive politics, but I disapprove of both the milkshake incident and the social media rejoicing in some quarters.Maybe I&#039;m getting older, but social media politics seems more childish and tribal by the day.That said, there is a rumour it was a Farage-organised stunt and before hearing said gossip when I saw footage of the incident I must admit the body language and bemused facial expression of the young lady perpetrating the act didn&#039;t project &quot;political activist&quot; to me, but might have projected the message: &quot;I&#039;m a local girl with no interest in politics whatsoever, and someone just paid me a few hundred quid to do this.&quot;I could be way off - it&#039;s been known! - but it will be mildly interesting to see if any more background information about her emerges.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ian_Davies, post: 2679679, member: 66646"] I'm no fan of either Nigel Farage nor his imo divisive politics, but I disapprove of both the milkshake incident and the social media rejoicing in some quarters. Maybe I'm getting older, but social media politics seems more childish and tribal by the day. That said, there is a rumour it was a Farage-organised stunt and before hearing said gossip when I saw footage of the incident I must admit the body language and bemused facial expression of the young lady perpetrating the act didn't project "political activist" to me, but might have projected the message: "I'm a local girl with no interest in politics whatsoever, and someone just paid me a few hundred quid to do this." I could be way off - it's been known! - but it will be mildly interesting to see if any more background information about her emerges. [/QUOTE]

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