• UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk
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    There’s a possibility that the whole thing was a publicity stunt? This picture has started circulating.

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    All the people cheering it on oblivious to the fact that this just helps Farage and garners more sympathy for him and his party.

    She claimed she threw it because “he doesn’t stand for what she believes in”. If only there was some way of expressing that. Like a vote or something. 🤔

    I bet she won’t even bother voting.

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      Yup, gets his face on the front pages the same day as the big Labour/Tory debate on ITV. Whoever threw it has done Farage a huge favour.

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          Already confirmed it’s not her. But the narrative is too strong.

          Her name is Victoria Thomas-Bowen apparently. She models…

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            Her name is Victoria Thomas-Bowen apparently

            According to The Sun, or at least I couldn’t find a source that didn’t reference them if it even referenced a source at all. While the whosit the press secretary probably didn’t do it, I’m not sure The Scum is exactly a good source either

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              “Here’s some evidence that it isn’t this person”.

              “Nah, I prefer my conspiracy theory”.

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                Literally not what I did. I said it’s probably not whatshername, but that I’m not in the habit of trusting The Sun either and it’s as likely that they got it wrong as it is that Twatter got whatshername wrong. There’s probably a reason why eg. The Guardian removed Victoria’s name from their article – and no, it’s not that they think the press secretary did it

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              I just Googled her name and was provided different sources. But if those sources are referencing eachother I don’t know. For some reason “journalist” don’t have to provide sources.

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                The ones I checked either didn’t have a source at all, or specifically said they got their information from The Sun

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      the fact that this just helps Farage and garners more sympathy for him and his party.

      How does this garner sympathy for a fascist pig? Is it some secret cheat code that makes people forget all the evil someone’s done, and make us feel sorry for them instead?

      It was milkshake not poison, why should anyone sympathise with him who wouldn’t already have done so, because of this?

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        It’s called being a decent human being and not thinking it’s acceptable to go around throwing things at people.

        It was milkshake not poison

        Yeah, it’s not a huge step to throwing acid though, is it?

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          fascists opted out of the social contract. sometimes being a decent human being means forcing dairy treats into a motherfucker’s face.

          it was right when it happened to Anita Bryant and it was right when it happened to Nigel today.

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          It kind of is actually. Throwing a milkshake isn’t likely to cause much harm, and would probably result in an assault charge. Throwing acid can cause serious disfigurement and possibly death, and a far more serious charge.

          You can condemn her actions without the hyperbole. This happened before and it didn’t result in a wave of acid attacks and I’ve no reason to think this time will be different.

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            I mean, we’ve literally had two MPs murdered in the last 8 years.

            It wasn’t “just a milkshake” then, was it?

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              No, but anyone who would try to establish an equivalence between a milkshaking and a murder is, to put it kindly, perhaps not thinking it through fully.

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                My point is that all of these types of incidents just mean that politicians are going to end up being more out of reach of the average person, and more out of touch as a result.

                People complain about politicians not meeting ordinary people, and this stuff is precisely why they don’t.

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              No, the stepping stone drug that is a milkshake was probably the start point though. Then protesters craved harder and harder objects to throw at politicians and it ended, as we could all have predicted, by those two poor politicians being crushed under a gargantuan boulder.

              If only we had stopped the milkshakes.

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        You’re right. We should start throwing things at people we dislike.

        I’m sure that will work. 👍

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            I’ve looked on Amazon and Ebay and can’t even find tumbrils. I’m a bit stuck, here. Plenty of supplies for the tricoteuses on Etsy, at least.

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          You make a good point, throughout history there have been many times where change began or could only be achieved through direct protest action, not by elections and votes alone.

          So long as it’s harmless and raises awareness for how evil and hated by the people of the nation certain groups or individuals are, throwing milkshake, rotten tomatoes and the like, are an excellent idea.

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      His angry little face every time in Newsnight’s compilation of election result announcements, followed by him having a temper tantrum at a BBC interviewer asking about all his losses. Gold.

      He’s likely to do worse now than in 2015 (his best result to date) when he was agitating for Brexit, notwithstanding dark funding & assistance from Twitter’s new owner, as many of those who thought they wanted to leave the EU have realised it was a mistake.

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    Her: “My milkshake brings all the boys from the yard, and they’re like, it’s better than yours.”

    Scotland Yard: “Damn right, it’s better than yours.”

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    The Daily Mail has the answer. I’ve clicked the link so you don’t have to.

    www.dailymail.co.uk

    Woman threw milkshake over Farage is OnlyFans model

    Eirian Jane Prosser

    14 - 17 minutes


    18:24, 04 Jun 2024, updated 20:49, 04 Jun 2024

    The woman who hurled a milkshake over Nigel Farage as he launched his campaign to become an MP is a Jeremy Corbyn-supporting OnlyFans model who hails from a family of Brexiteers, MailOnline can reveal.

    Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, was arrested by police on suspicion of assault after she drenched the new Reform leader as he stepped out of a Wetherspoons in Clacton, Essex.

    Dramatic pictures show how the mother-of-one dodged Mr Farage’s burly minders before flinging the contents of a McDonald’s cup towards him. It caught him full in the face.

    Mr Farage, who previously dubbed Clacton the ‘most patriotic’ town in Britain, merely wiped his eyes and continued.

    Speaking from his home in nearby Jaywick, her Brexit-voting brother Paul told MailOnline: ‘I have just seen it, and to be honest, I’m appalled. I don’t know where she is. I don’t want anything to do with her.’

    Despite posting a video on X with the caption ‘my milkshake brings all the people to the rally’ in reference to the 2003 song Milkshake, Farage admitted it was ‘quite frightening’.

    Nigel Farage was drenched by a woman after being mobbed by crowds in what he described as the ‘most patriotic’ town in Britain

    The woman who was arrested for dramatically throwing a milkshake over Nigel Farage is a Jeremy Corbyn-supporting OnlyFans model, MailOnline can reveal

    Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, was arrested by police on suspicion of assault after she drenched the new Reform leader as he stepped into the huge mob

    Thomas, who is an OnlyFans model with more than 18,100 followers on Instagram, appears to be a Labour supporter, previously pledging her support to Keir Starmer’s party

    The blonde young woman who threw the milkshake over the politician

    Don’t mention the milkshake: Farage’s highlights of Clacton meeting

    The incident has led to wide condemnation from MPs all across the political spectrum including Labour’s Yvette Cooper who called it a ‘disgrace’ and ‘completely unacceptable and wrong’.

    But Thomas-Bowen, who films her x-rated video clips in the spare bedroom of her mother’s £260,000 house in Grays, told the BBC she flung the banana milkshake because she ‘just felt like it’.

    ‘He doesn’t stand for me’, the self-described ‘petite blonde pocket rocket’ added. ‘He doesn’t represent anything I believe in, or any of the people around here. He doesn’t represent us, he’s not from here.’

    She previously voiced her support for Jeremy Corbyn on Facebook and called for Britons to boycott the late Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

    Last November, the model flew out to Istanbul for a nose job.

    She told her subscribers she underwent the procedure to make her nose ‘smaller’ and ‘prettier’.

    Posting pictures of her recovery - and showing off the difference before and after - Thomas-Bowen said she loved her new nose ‘so much’ and was already breathing better.

    ‘My milkshake brings all the people to the rally!’ Farage jabs back

    Mr Farage was flanked as usual by burly security as he left a pub, but they could do nothing as the women flung the contents of what appeared to be a McDonald’s cup towards him


    They’re was a lot more but I think you get the gist. It was mostly pro farage stuff.

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      Wow, even when someone makes a political statement against a certified cunt, the focus is on attempting to shame them on the grounds of morality. I didn’t expect anything else from the Daily Mail.

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              When I got to the milkshake impact picture I thought to myself “How does someone just impromptu throw a milkshake? Did she practice or something? My aim would be terrible. … Should I practice throwing milkshakes?”

              And then I got to that last picture where it appears the shake chucker is a certified shake sniper, and I realized I should practice throwing them! That woman is a rare talent, and I’d certainly be in the lower third of the bell curve for precision if I tried to deliver a dessert the same way.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    A young woman approached the new Reform UK leader on the steps of a pub in Clacton before hurling what appeared to be a milkshake over him.

    Richard Tice, Mr Farage’s predecessor as Reform UK leader, expressed his anger at the incident, adding: “The juvenile moron who threw a drink over Nigel has just gained us hundreds of thousands more votes.

    A member of staff at the Wetherspoons where the incident occurred suggested the thrower could have been lying in wait for the politician to arrive for an hour.

    The Moon & Starfish worker, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Independent three police officers had just come into the pub looking for the mystery woman who threw what is believed to be a banana flavoured milkshake.

    Mr Farage had kicked off his general election campaign in the seaside town earlier on Tuesday, as he promised to be a “bloody nuisance” in Westminster.

    Speaking earlier at the rally, Mr Farage said: “We made an offer to the British people, we could get back our independence and control of our borders.


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