Led By Donkeys Are Back And Now They're Trolling Nigel Farage's Brexit Party

The group has offered up its own manifesto for the party.
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The guerrilla billboard campaign that trolled pro-Brexit politicians with their own words is back, and this time they’re squarely taking aim at Nigel Farage.

Led By Donkeys appear to have noticed his new Brexit Party doesn’t have a manifesto so they’ve taken it upon themselves to write it for him.

Giant billboards have appeared across the country carrying a few choice quotes. One poster in Taunton highlights Farage’s stance in the European Parliament on maternity pay.

Brexit Party leader @Nigel_Farage hasn't published a manifesto. Until he does we have to assume his public statements are his party’s policies. Like less maternity pay for new mums. See https://t.co/HcM18KVdbS for more. (Location: East Rich, Taunton) pic.twitter.com/Dz6Jymaole

— Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) May 16, 2019

A billboard in Coventry cites a quote Farage gave during a speech on healthcare...

Brexit Party leader @Nigel_Farage hasn’t written a manifesto so we’ve done it for him, based on statements by him and his candidates. Billboards going up across the country this week. See more at https://t.co/OQ5hfKpVXw (location: Radford Rd, Coventry) pic.twitter.com/iBzXYaXW43

— Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) May 16, 2019

Farage has said his party does not plan to publish a manifesto until after the European election.

When asked to comment on the posters, a spokesperson for the Brexit Party said in an email: “It’s a very well funded campaign...”

But he isn’t the only one in the crosshairs – Anne Widdecombe’s controversial view that “homosexual acts are wrongful” is now emblazoned at a roundabout in Christchurch.

The Brexit Party has refused to publish a manifesto, so we’re assuming their leaders’ past statements are the party’s policies. Like targeting people who happen to be gay. See https://t.co/HcM18KVdbS for more. (Location: Purewell Cross Rd, Christchurch) pic.twitter.com/jl6IvGshEN

— Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) May 17, 2019

Farage has so far stumbled when trying to explain his party’s stance, most notably when challenged by a BBC reporter in Wales on Thursday.

The Brexit Party leader was challenged by the broadcaster’s Wales political correspondent Arwyn Jones eight times to set out what leaving the bloc would deliver for south Wales.

Farage, whose party has the sole policy of crashing out of the EU without a deal, was in Merthyr Tydfil for a campaign rally ahead of the European elections on May 23.

Jones said the nation was a net beneficiary of EU funding “to the tune of £250m a year” and asked Farage what Brexit would deliver if Welsh agriculture was damaged by Brexit.

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