farage's channel doesn't have a right to exist, any more than any other publisher does. Whether you consider it "legitimate" is immaterial. It's commercial and these are market forces
it faces the consequences of what it says and so, thanks to the these fine citizens bringing it to our attention, do his advertisers who support him. like that video below, maybe he'll find advertisers who just don't give a fuck who they associate with, like cash for gold. Sure, he won't get the big bucks, but maybe if he didn't spout poison he would.
Personally, I think the use of ethical consumer power is one of the best democratic developments of recent times. I went on a protest against the iraq war, there were millions of us in stretching through the west end. it did absolutely fuck all difference, blair just went ahead and we're still dealing with the shitty global consequences. But threaten the money, and suddenly things change. Nike realise that maybe they shouldnt be using sweatshops. If Halfords realise that if they associate and bankroll Farages nonsense, then a lot of people arent going to buy their shitty bikes, then that's a good thing. Coopers in australia was respected and popular beer brand. then it came out against gay marriage and people discovered it was funding the conservatives in it's home state. so they stopped drinking it. It's unclear which part you object to, somebody telling us what coopers are up to, like this billboard, or me making a choice not give my money to people whose principles I disagree with?
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