Juncker did the same "Why are you here?". And Marine Le Pen was worse than Farage. You can't just keep calling these people names.
They can, and they should.
How long are you going to make excuses for people who support Farage? He's a tosspot. If you vote for dudes like that, it's on you. You're racist. Bottom line.
There are two groups of people. One group (in the most cynical view) is quite happy to work awful jobs that cut down labor costs and result in massive profits for the elite. And are quite exploitable and happy to vote for the status quo if you throw them the tiniest of bones every once in a while.
Another group thinks they are above those same jobs. So they don't work, and they are therefore taking money from the government while contributing nothing. And they're not even happy about it. They want to spit in the face of the UK government and the EU even though they are taking the most money from those two entities. Moreover, they are throwing their support behind completely unreliable asshats like Boris and Farage who for sure are going to crash and burn spectacularly, it's just a matter of how many they take down with them.
If you have to choose between these two groups, who do you pick? Pretty easy choice. The only problem is that the former group has no votes and the latter group does. But if the latter group is going to throw away their votes on Farage there's no point negotiating with them anyway. You're right-- guys like Farage will lie and tell people anything they want to hear. If the people are stupid enough to believe it, there's nothing you can do.
Even taking off the cynical politician hat, it's easier to side with the poor, hard-working, immigrant who is being exploited over the racist.
Some people tried to tell it like it was, and were called "fearmongers" and blasted for being snobby intellectuals or whatever. So at some point, you can no longer negotiate. If you want to be responsible and above the likes of Farage it means you have to give people bad news and tell them "no" when their demands are unrealistic, stupid, or downright evil.
If the working class types you keep talking about are genuinely not stupid and/or racist, then at some point they have to understand that voting for stupid and racist people isn't properly representing their views to the government. If you don't want to be ignored, then make reasonable demands and show that you know how to play the game.
