Nigel Farage has brought out his own gin and this prof’s takedown was 100% proof
Nigel Farage has taken time out from his busy career selling people messages on Cameo to put his name on a new brand of gin.
And it’s just as enticing and exciting as you’d expect it to be.
My brand new Farage gin is produced by an artisan distillery in the heart of Cornwall.
Red, White or Blue — I hope you enjoy my patriotic take on this quintessentially British drink!
Click here to buy: https://t.co/F0oMQm0Rx0 pic.twitter.com/20bQ4wwSzM
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) September 4, 2022
The launch prompted no end of comment, as you might imagine.
https://twitter.com/sueperkins/status/1566699845611671553?s=20&t=XVlkHzhCqEXG5hf0aflPvA
Here's Nigel Farage telling Jack Torrance about his new gin. pic.twitter.com/VKcGCPOhhG
— Matthew Highton (@MattHighton) September 4, 2022
"Farage's gin" should become a euphemism for:
— The puddles on the floor of gentlemen's toilets
— The rogue pint glass at a student party that collects cigarette butts, spit, indiscriminate liquids etc
— The contents a pub drip-tray.
— The damp spot on a public seat. https://t.co/2DDysLa4Vq— Andrew Male (@Andr6wMale) September 5, 2022
We left one of the world’s largest trading blocs & best ever examples of a lasting international peace between former foes because of this man, who’s still never been elected to the parliament that gained precisely nothing from his endless self-promotion.pic.twitter.com/NIvneFkJh5
— Brendan May (@bmay) September 4, 2022
Made with pure sparkling British Brexit water https://t.co/RJux6X6rut pic.twitter.com/5TmRlhGJTH
— terry christian (@terrychristian) September 5, 2022
But the best was surely this.
It’s Prof Tanja Bueltmann, chair in international history at the University of Strathclyde, picking up on Farage’s suggestion it was a ‘patriotic take on a quintessentially British drink’.
I am so sorry to have to break it to Mr Farage, but gin is a European migrant. … English distillers began making gin after ‘genever’, a Dutch juniper-flavoured liquor, came to England in the 17th century and became popular. The drink is quintessentially European. 👍 pic.twitter.com/kYwuuNIcq8
— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@TanjaBueltmann) September 4, 2022
Boom.
PS: As the trolls have arrived, I’m just going to add one thing: Quintessentially European *includes* Britain—that’s the whole point. Gin is European history in a nutshell and these islands are a part of it. From the migration of English soldiers who fought in continental …
— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@TanjaBueltmann) September 4, 2022
… Europe and got to know genever there to the migration of the drink’s very name across our languages. So when someone who has spoken against migration and Europa as much as Mr Farage has claims this in terms of patriotism etc, that history really does matter. /endPS
— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@TanjaBueltmann) September 4, 2022
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