Farage

[gulliver1]

Funds are being raised to Buy and Name a Life Boat or Hovercraft named after, Farage.
Will it be used to escort migrants from France to UK ? . Should they name it Brexitanic instead.

[dannyk13]

https://www.indy100.com/news/nigel-farage-rnli-lifeboat-fundraiser-b1897490

[Bobbisox1]

Tsk tsk Danny, Don't rain on Gully’s parade ;))

[Ken4155]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/29/rnli-donations-soar-in-response-to-farages-migrant-criticism

[Bazile]

Has he now got a proper job - Farage ?

[Ken4155]

Try as i might, i cannot find anywhere that gives the daily breakdown cost of running a lifeboat at £440,000 as Farage claims.
In 2020, the ANNUAL cost of running Redcar lifeboat station was £50,000.

[naomi24]

I think he’s talking about running the whole organisation. The RNLI puts the cost at almost £140million.

https://rnli.org/about-us/how-the-rnli-is-run

[Gromit]

Over £73,000 of the target £100,000 has been raised in just a few days. You can donate here…

https://uk.gofundme.com/f/buy-a-new-rnli-hovercraft-called-the-flying-farage

[Gromit]

// daily breakdown cost of running a lifeboat at £440,000 as Farage claims. //

That would be £16.6Million annually.

[gulliver1]

F N L I .

[Gromit]

Ooops!

A RNLI Hovercraft costs £400,000.
So even if the £100,000 target is reached, they will only be a quarter of the way there.

[naomi24]

I don’t see the point of this figure-juggling. Farage doesn’t want an RNLI vessel named after him.

The question is, would said boat/hovercraft be used to escort migrants? The answer is who knows? It’s just another of gulliver’s muck-raking questions.

[ToraToraTora]

It's good that they are naming a boat after our most successful politician.

[ToraToraTora]

....in fact I feel an avatar change coming on!

[Mozz71]

Interesting random use of punctuation in the OP Gully. I guess after being away from the UK for so long, your ability to speak English is on the wain.

[youngmafbog]

Ha ha, 'Sir' Nigel has really got under the lefts skin hasn't he.

Kepp it up Nigel.

[ToraToraTora]

Mozz: 12:41, that's what you get when your IQ = your shoe size me old china!

[Mozz71]

Tora - //that's what you get when your IQ = your shoe size me old china!//

Gully must have tiny feet then.

[gulliver1]

Oh dear , I seem to have upset John Bull and the other Farage supporter on A/B . Never mind they will get over it eventually.

[THECORBYLOON]

I was confused by the "£440,000" figure. I had a look on the RNLI site for running costs and it's £400,000 per year for a hovercraft.

https://rnli.org/about-us/how-the-rnli-is-run/running-costs

[Gromit]

// RNLI site for running costs and it's £400,000 per year for a hovercraft. //

I think that is the purchase cost of 1 hovercraft.