There’s fundraiser to buy a new RNLI hovercraft named after Nigel Farage and it’s utterly brilliant

Simon Harris has launched an online fundraiser to help the RNLI buy a Farage-inspired hovercraft.


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LONDON (Bywire News) - The fundraiser, created by Simon Harris from Man Behaving Dadly, was in retaliation after “Nige and friends started trapping off” by criticising the work of the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, who have been helping to rescue migrants in distress in the English Channel.

Last week, Nigel Farage criticised the RNLI, calling it a “taxi service for illegal immigration” - to which the charity hit back with an amazing video explaining that they work to help “vulnerable people in danger & distress”, no matter who they are.

The fundraiser for a new life-saving hovercraft called “The Flying Farage” has so far raised over £30,000 of its £100,000 goal. Harris has said that if they exceed their goal, he would like to “purchase a pint of real English ale to smash against the front in the naming ceremony”.

And if there is enough money to buy another hovercraft, Harris has suggested the money be used to call the second vessel “The Galloping Grimes” or “The Hovering Hopkins” - referring to Darren Grimes, who said it was “irresponsible” of the RNLI to rescue people in distress at sea, and Katie Hopkins, who previously called migrants “cockroaches”.

After Farage’s comments, the RNLI revealed that they received £200,000 in donations - an increase of 2000% on the previous day.

Harris does note on his fundraiser that it’s up to the charity to spend the money how they wish - so whilst we might not see The Flying Farage in action, the money raised will still continue to do important work and save the lives of people in peril at sea.

(Written by Jess Miller, edited by Klaudia Fior)

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