Rama "grins his teeth" at Nigel Farage/ "Let's set the date"

2025-07-01 09:18:00, Politikë CNA

Rama "grins his teeth" at Nigel Farage/ "Let's set the

Prime Minister Edi Rama has responded "flame for flame" to British MP Nigel Farage.

Through a reaction on social media, Rama writes that Albanians are not meat for the teeth of the post-Brexit brainwashing propaganda.

He also responded to the fact that MP Nigel Farage accepted the Prime Minister's invitation to come to Albania and pay a visit.

"We set the date," Rama writes.

Rama's reaction

Nigel, Nigel, Nigel…

From "one criminal in fifty Albanians", your claim has now transformed into: "Maybe it's one in three, maybe one in four, I don't know..."

Really?! Don't you know?

And this comes after you say you double-checked the numbers?

I have already directed you to The Telegraph's own data (generously, I might add) by selecting your reference, albeit a self-contradictory one. But you seem determined to persist in your error.

So, let me help you with further clarification.

According to data from the Albanian Embassy in the UK, an institution that deals with real people, not Brexit phrases, the number of Albanians in your country is not 53,000, as The Telegraph initially suggested. In fact, in the same article, it admits, and quotes, “the analysis is likely to underestimate the size of the Albanian population.” It then speculates that the figure could be as high as 140,000.

Rama "grins his teeth" at Nigel Farage/ "Let's set the

In reality, Mr. Nigel Farage

You know what? The number is over 300,000, bro! These are the people who teach your children, build your homes, care for your elderly and sick. They are not meat for the teeth of post-Brexit brainwashing propaganda. They are part of the living, breathing fabric of your society.

Even without controlling for age, gender, or socioeconomic status, your ratios fall. Not even one in fifty. And certainly not one in three or four. These are not statistics, they are scare tactics disguised as data.

So, let me ask you clearly: why is it so difficult to admit that you were wrong, without dragging an entire community of brilliant, hardworking people who serve your homeland with dignity as if it were their own?

Britain is already great, and not least because of its diversity, its resilience and its multicultural strength. A nation in post-traumatic political stress has no need for scapegoats. No need for cheap shots. And certainly no need for myths instead of facts.

I sincerely hope that your upcoming visit to Albania will inspire you to fight for ideas, rather than against people, in the spirit of the great liberal tradition that your country has long stood for.

I look forward to welcoming you to our beautiful country as an honored guest. But before you arrive to enjoy the real sunshine and genuine hospitality, can we agree to discuss the facts, not your fantasies after the truth?

Let's set the date./ CNA