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I did not enter politics out of philanthropy but rather as an extension of my own annoyance and resentment at having inherited freedoms infringed by power-crazed idiots spouting gibberish. It gives me particular pleasure, then, to know that we have empowered many others and caused them too to doubt the authority whereby such people presume to grant us rights where we can manage perfectly well with innate freedoms. In an age of colourless bureaucrats, Nigel Farage is a politician you are unable to ignore, provoking controversy and admiration in equal measure. What cannot be denied is the effect he has had on British and European politics. A fun-loving iconoclast whose motto is work hard and play harder , Farage s charismatic leadership and determination to battle the forces of anti-libertarianism have made him a Robin Hood figure to many, and propelled his party, UKIP, into a position of real power in the country. Told with Farage s customary wit and humour, Fighting Bull is a thoroughly engaging look at an extraordinary life, including the spills a near fatal car accident and surviving testicular cancer and the thrills a boisterous boyhood in London and a career as a City trader, to battling bureaucracy in Europe and defending the nation s hard-won freedoms against erosion from without and within. His account of his journey into the Brussels labyrinth is compelling. The book tells of loyalty and treachery in his own ranks and of his struggle to overcome media preconceptions. It features sometimes hilarious and often terrifying encounters with a stellar supporting cast, including Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy, José Manuel Barroso, and UKIP s short-lived, silver-gilt mascot Robert Kilroy-Silk. In September 2009 Nigel Farage announced he would stand against John Bercow, the newly elected Speaker of the House of Commons, in his Buckingham constituency in the next election, despite a modern convention that the speaker is not challenged for re-election. Fighting Bull is a candid, colourful life story by a fascinating and controversial character. It also shows that one fearless, determined individual can still make a difference.
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Nigel Farage is a founder member of the UK Independence Party, which was established in September 1993. He is the Member of the European Parliament for the South East region and is the leader of the parliamentary party in the EU parliament.
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Well written history of himself and UKIP,
By Keith (Liverpool, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fighting Bull (Hardcover)
A really well written book that was not only interesting from cover-to-cover, but hugely entertaining - it is effectively an autobiography and explanation of how UKIP came about. Farage is as candid in the book as he is on television, providing entertainment but also an honest insight into his attitude towards, particularly, life, the UK, the EU and Europe.It did seem to end a little abruptly, but then I came to realise that Farage is (hopefully) still in the prime of his political life - I thoroughly look forward to the book he will undoubtledly write when he retires from politics.
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This book is the best factual book I've read for years. Farage is painfully honest, informative, self deprecating and hugely entertaining. Best of all he shows us what the EU is really like, tells us things it's hard to believe and made me so angry about the dishonesty and downright corruption of the place I could have wept. Democracy? Pah!
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A Frightening insight to what the EU is doing to our lives,
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I read this book and was shocked. So shocked that I made notes and bookmarked pieces because I just couldn't believe what I was reading.Unfortunately I then went and looked up what I was reading to find that the EU does indeed have all that control and we have no say in it. Oh, and on top of that it's a great read in the style that one would expect from a character such as Nigel Farage.
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