Nigel Farage attacks the new EU President I watched Question Time last night and one of the guests was the former leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage. He got a pretty hostile reaction over a tirade of insults he made about the new EU President, Herman Van Rompoy at the European Parliament earlier this week. The specific question linked the attack by Mr Farage to the bullying accusations made of Gordon Brown. There is no doubt about it, the attack was extremely personal, and even went as far as describing Belgium as "virtually a non-country." Unfortunately, this kind of over the top personal attack seems to be the only kind of coverage we ever see in mainstream news bulletins of the European Parliament and I can't help but wonder if it doesn't leave people thinking that's all that ever happens in Brussels or Strasbourg. I have heard speculation that Mr Farage is attempting to be so over the top and offensive that he gets himself suspended from the European Parliament which would be the perfect publicity vehicle for his attempt to take on the Speaker of the Commons, John Bercow in his Buckingham seat. It does make me wonder though, if he might just have overdone it already.

Nigel Farage attacks the new EU President I watched Question Time last night and one of the guests was the former leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage. He got a pretty hostile reaction over a tirade of insults he made about the new EU President, Herman Van Rompoy at the European Parliament earlier this week. The specific question linked the attack by Mr Farage to the bullying accusations made of Gordon Brown. There is no doubt about it, the attack was extremely personal, and even went as far as describing Belgium as "virtually a non-country." Unfortunately, this kind of over the top personal attack seems to be the only kind of coverage we ever see in mainstream news bulletins of the European Parliament and I can't help but wonder if it doesn't leave people thinking that's all that ever happens in Brussels or Strasbourg. I have heard speculation that Mr Farage is attempting to be so over the top and offensive that he gets himself suspended from the European Parliament which would be the perfect publicity vehicle for his attempt to take on the Speaker of the Commons, John Bercow in his Buckingham seat. It does make me wonder though, if he might just have overdone it already.