Please remove the 'DECEASED' tags from the characters on the front page
110.67.110.219 08:22, August 15, 2014 (UTC) Sincerely, a spoiled fan...
Metaphors in Luther[]
Below feel free to put any analytical thought on Luther. I have started off by delving in to the metaphors, symbolism and any deep layers of meaning within Luther itself.
Characters[]
Flyprints suggests that Luther represents selflessness.
In Flyprints he is compared to characters like Batman, who have strong moral codes, yet willing to work outside the laws to bring justice. Zoe says "You care more about the dead than the living", therefore Luther is a type of avenger.
Luther's character may represent love, while Alice may represent a love-gone-cold.
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Luther Episode 1 Idris Elba
Episode 1 Series 1 highlights
In Episode 1 of Series 1, Luther steals the ashes of Alice's dead parents from her home (1:56+). Alice goes after Luther with a knife, yet one carefully selected. She catches up to Luther and stabs Luther in the chest off guard, but Luther appears unhurt, only a bit shocked (3:09) and even smiles. Alice smiles back in amazement. After, Luther throws the knife out of her hand and forces Alice back so she is leaning over the bridge (3:33). He tells her to stay away from Zoe. At this point, Alice seeing his immense love for Zoe still, asks him to "Kiss me. Kill me. Do something". Here she alikens kissing to killing, love as destruction. And yet she recognised that, everything Luther does is meaningful, because it is out of love. The scene compares to baptism, where converts are laid back in to the waters and re-emerged as a "new individual" with past sins forgiven (3:55). This was a watershed moment in Alice's life, where through Luther, she sees how pitiful she has been in her worldview, killing her parents and how the basic way Luther lives, through love, is the most intelligent way. Lutherandruth 07:19, June 30, 2011 (UTC)
Nigal Farage[]
Nigel Paul Farage (/ˈfærɑːʒ/; born 3 April 1964) is a British broadcaster and former politician who was Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2006 to 2009 and 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Brexit Party (renamed Reform UK in 2021) from 2019 to 2021. He served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 until the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union in 2020. He was the host of The Nigel Farage Show, a radio phone-in on the Global-owned talk radio station LBC, from 2017 to 2020. Farage is currently the Honorary President of Reform UK and a presenter for GB News.
Known as a prominent Eurosceptic since the early 1990s, Farage campaigned for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. Farage was a founding member of UKIP, having left the Conservative Party in 1992 after the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, which furthered European integration and founded the European Union. After campaigning unsuccessfully in European and Westminster parliamentary elections from 1994, he was elected MEP for South East England in the 1999 European Parliament election. He was re-elected in the 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019 European Parliament elections. In the European Parliament, he was the president of Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) where he was noted for his speeches, and as a vocal critic of the euro currency.
He became the leader of UKIP in September 2006, and led the party through the 2009 European elections, when it won the second-highest share of the UK popular vote, with over 2 million votes. He stepped down in November 2009 to focus on contesting Buckingham, the constituency of the Speaker, John Bercow, at the 2010 general election, and came third. Farage successfully stood in the November 2010 UKIP leadership contest, becoming leader once again after Lord Malcolm Pearson voluntarily stepped down. He was ranked second in The Daily Telegraph's Top 100 most influential right-wingers poll in 2013, behind Prime Minister David Cameron. Farage was named "Briton of the Year" by The Times in 2014. In the 2014 European elections, UKIP won 24 seats, the first time a party other than Labour or Conservative had won the largest number of seats in a national election since the December 1910 general election, pressuring Cameron to call a referendum on EU membership.
