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Nigel Farage to be Donald Trump's go-between amid claims Special Relationship with US is faltering
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10 November 2016 • 10:00PM | Christopher Hope, Peter Dominiczak, Ruth Sherlock and Barney Henderson

Posted on 11/10/2016 10:54:19 PM PST by Olog-hai

Ministers will use Nigel Farage as an unofficial intermediary to build bridges with Donald Trump to ensure the “special relationship” does not falter in the wake of his election.

The Telegraph understands that ministers will be forced to seek Mr. Farage’s advice because they have no links to the President-elect’s inner circle.

Mrs. May spoke to Mr. Trump for the first time since his victory — but not until after he had spoken to the leaders of at least nine other nations. Downing Street said that during the call, Mr. Trump said that the UK is a “very, very special place for me and for our country” and suggested that he wants their relationship to be similar to the one enjoyed by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

But the delay in talking to the President-elect led to accusations that the Government had undermined its relationship with Washington by failing to anticipate Mr. Trump’s success. …

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; eussr; farage; intermediary; may; nigelfarage; specialrelationship; theresamay; trump; uk; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 11/10/2016 10:54:19 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Nigel is terrific. He wanted to be the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, which sounded like a great idea. I suppose this might work out well, too.

More Nigel!

2 posted on 11/10/2016 11:11:34 PM PST by TChad
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To: Olog-hai

The Brits have stepped in it time and time again. They are howling with hatred all over FB today. Unfortunately, I think Farage is despised by the Tories just as Trump is. Personally, I hope they have to drag themselves on their knees to Trump. They disgust me.


3 posted on 11/10/2016 11:29:17 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein

The Brits have been dumbing themselves down since Clement Attlee.


4 posted on 11/10/2016 11:34:43 PM PST by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: Olog-hai

Farage interviewed by BBC on election night, when the outcome was still up in the air. Funny, insightful =>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awgIc36AJLU


5 posted on 11/10/2016 11:36:04 PM PST by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: miss marmelstein

You,know, Trump could tap Maggie Thatchers granddaughter, I believe she lives here. She has a great head on her shoulders from the last article I read about her.


6 posted on 11/10/2016 11:39:06 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Olog-hai

Nigel is awesome! Trump knows he’s very sharp... we’ll be seeing more of him over the next 4-8 yrs

as for the US and the UK... Trump’s first act should be to restore the Churchill bust.

good for relations ... and pokes 0bama in the eye, signaling “all the damage you did will be undone”


7 posted on 11/10/2016 11:41:14 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: miss marmelstein

The Tories were already too far left in Thatcher’s day.


8 posted on 11/10/2016 11:46:31 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Or not.

No 10 brands Nigel Farage 'irrelevant' as it scrambles to build ties with Trump, dismissing claims Liam Fox planned to use the Ukip leader as a go-between

9 posted on 11/11/2016 7:20:17 AM PST by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: Moltke

It’s been officially denied, which must mean it’s true.


10 posted on 11/11/2016 7:36:26 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Well, there’s that...


11 posted on 11/11/2016 9:20:30 AM PST by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: Olog-hai

Could you script this any better if you had complete control?


12 posted on 11/11/2016 9:23:30 AM PST by BRL
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To: miss marmelstein

You mean the virtue-signalling uber-liberal ninny Brits who would have been Hillary supporters had they been Americans have been howling with hatred? Britain voted to leave the EU, and now the US has voted to put Trump in the White House. Driving the UK away now would be a massive betrayal of an ally, and counterproductive. The same liberal globalists who wanted Hillary to win would love nothing more than to see Britain suffer for its people’s temerity to vote for their national sovereignty to be restored.


13 posted on 11/12/2016 12:21:53 PM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

The Brits seem to think they’re the 51st State. They embarrass themselves with that stuff. I would go all out to verbally destroy them except I have some wonderful British friends who love Farage and Trump and I don’t want to insult them.


14 posted on 11/12/2016 1:31:10 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: Moltke

Mr. Farage, that happy warrior, was all over Fox this morning. No 10 might want to wake up and smell the coffee. (Does she make it?)


15 posted on 11/12/2016 1:32:13 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein

Farage and Trump are both bigger-than-life personalities. It is a delight to watch them succeed—and their success interacting.


16 posted on 11/12/2016 3:59:16 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

That’s it! People don’t realize that both men are loaded with charisma. Hillary is a dry sponge in the corner of the sink. Guess who wins elections?


17 posted on 11/12/2016 4:56:06 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein

Guess this will continue to develop for a while...now the infighting has started. LOL.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3493852/posts


18 posted on 11/14/2016 6:52:43 AM PST by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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