On Sunday, the Brexit Party held their 'Big Vision Rally' in Birmingham where they outlined their main policies, plans for Brexit and aims for parliament.
As you can probably guess, the main attraction for the event was the party's leader Nigel Farage, who made an unusual entrance to the stage. Just take a look at this.
Epic entry from @Nigel_Farage at @brexitparty_uk Big Vision Rally 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #ChangePoliticsForGood https://t.co/7i38Ph8uto— Martin Daubney ✌🏻🇬🇧 (@Martin Daubney ✌🏻🇬🇧) 1561910220
Yes, that is a room full of people waving turquoise glow sticks in the air, to the sound of air sirens and then the song 'Can't Hold Us' by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. I don't know about you but this is exactly how I envisioned the country 'taking power back' once outside of the EU...A Day-Glo right wing disco where the sound of the Blitz mixes with American pop-rap crossover tunes, while DJ Nige spins the beats on his Sony Discman.
We hardly need to list the many problems with the clip but did we seriously need another World War 2 Brexit comparison? As you can imagine, this clip has been torn asunder on Twitter.
@MartinDaubney @Nigel_Farage @brexitparty_uk A Blitz themed club night for pensioners born after the war, DJ'd by a… https://t.co/Z1y8kfjKgk— dave saul (@dave saul) 1561925716
Nigel Farage literally entered the NEC to the sound of air raid sirens...in a blackout. It's bizarre wartime cospla… https://t.co/8laUYIMxrV— Otto English (@Otto English) 1561961007
Don’t mean to question your judgement, brexit party supporters, but maybe when a racist who spoke at far right rall… https://t.co/uLHI7uN2uo— James Felton (@James Felton) 1561967265
Fascism: now with glowsticks.— James Felton (@James Felton) 1561967415
@JimMFelton Those people are being conditioned to stand around cheering when air raid sirens go off. Might all sort itself out— Dean (@Dean) 1561967876
Just wondering if @macklemore and @RyanLewis gave the Brexit Party permission to use their music as Nigel Farage's… https://t.co/JnVhZwk3di— Tom Sutherland 🔶🇪🇺🇵🇱 (@Tom Sutherland 🔶🇪🇺🇵🇱) 1561931955
What the fuck is this. Air raid sirens. Sick. https://t.co/vdQLnZXAe1— a49 challenge (@a49 challenge) 1561922301
Well of course you'd make your entrance to the sound of World War 2 air raid sirens. Of course you would. Of course… https://t.co/q2iiWyBNds— Roland Smith (@Roland Smith) 1561913258
@MartinDaubney @Nigel_Farage @brexitparty_uk Air raid sirens - a warning of impending death and destruction. To use… https://t.co/Rfufoo7IMk— Otto English (@Otto English) 1561962991
Jokes aside, this thread from Tanja Bueltmann, a professor of history at Northumbria University and pro-EU activist, details why the use of air raid sirens by the Brexit Party, as some sort of gimmick, would be a harrowing reminder of the horrors of war for the people that lived through it.
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