UKIP Lurches to the Far Left Shock!

Trying to find some kind of political equilibrium UKIP are swinging more than a party in the hotel room of leader, sorry former leader, Nigel Farage.

They have swung to the right with their burkha ban and are now swinging to the left by attacking the 'middle class middle aged' warriors of Greenpeace. And perhaps to pander to the terrorists they imagine under every burkha, they even sing the praises of the French terrorists who sank the Rainbow Warrior in 1985. That of course means that they can now rule out pandering to the environmental lobby! But knowing UKIP they will probably try soon.

So which UKIP member is crying 'power to the people' and standing up for the oppressed workers? Step forward Godfrey Bloom, pictured above apparently doffing his bowler to t'colliery owner in his Yorkshire constituency. However, The Times said of this class warrior, in this article about paying relatives on his MEP allowances:

A British MEP uses his parliamentary staff allowance to pay three assistants who are also employed at an investment company in which he is a major shareholder.

Not exactly the new Arthur Scargill is he?

Following is Comrade Bloom, resplendent in cloth cap but minus whippet, espousing his revolutionary theme on YouTube. He even gives a nod to the militant Parisien student rebels of the '60s by ending with a clumsy "Vive la France". Or perhaps he's just gone native, not sure which.



It's strange but we thought, rather naively that with UKIP what you see is what you get. You know, that people like Godfrey Bloom were actually middle class and middle aged. It seems we were wrong, with UKIP what you see is certainly not what you get.

To underline the bizarre nature of UKIP, and some of its members and supporters, you can follow the link and visit the British Democracy Forum to see a range of views on Bloom's video. Lunatic fringe springs to mind.

Alliance for Democracy

In an interesting development a group of smaller parties have formed an electoral alliance, Alliance for Democracy, in readiness for the general election.

The following are members of the alliance:

The Christian Party

The English Democrats

Jury Team

UK First Party

Popular Alliance

Veritas

There are currently 104 canddiates listed with a target of 360 by the time of the election. Link to Current List of Alliance for Democracy Candidates

It's a very interesting development as, all too often, smaller parties hinder each other rather than communicating together and maximising resources. Indeed the Popular Alliance seem to be an alliance that has become part of another alliance judging by the following from their website:

"Without co-operation none of the minor parties can ever make a significant breakthrough in National Politics. They need to merge and grow and become a party for the electorate to believe in".

Sadly Veritas, now calling themselves 'New Veritas', are still banging on about Robert Kilroy Silk being their founder. Some things are best left to fade away, it really is time they realised that 'Tango Man' is a national joke rather than a national treasure.

Smaller parties conspicuous by their absence are UKIP and the BNP, who probably think they are now the big boys, despite latest opinion polls putting them on a mere 2% and 3% respectively. The Libertarian Party are also absent but probably view the authoritarian/Old Tory nature of some of the right of centre coalition with suspicion, if indeed they were ever invited to join.

UKIP Lurches to the Far Right!

It seems that UKIP's leadership, or at least its chairman, has the view that free speech is fine, as long as you agree with him.

The following missive from the chairman concerns expressions of free speech on the UKIP official members' forum.The UKIP members' forum was set up to stop members using public forums to criticise the party leadership.

When I became Chairman of UKIP, I believed that the members did not have a platform to share ideas and experiences. Therefore, when I appointed Jonathan Arnott as General Secretary, the first job I asked him to do was to set up a 'member's forum'. To begin with, it was a revelation. Members communicated, downloaded leaflets and offered constructive proposals as to how to improve the party.

Unfortunately, once the leadership election began, this was no longer the case. Since then, it has been used as a vehicle to criticise the party, undermine the leadership and drive new members away. In the North West, we have lost two candidates in the past two weeks and both have cited the junk they have read on this forum as one of the principle reasons for their resignation.

I pushed for this forum against the advice of the leadership at the time, and I feel that that I am being let down at the moment. They are being proved right and I am being proved wrong.

I will not allow this to continue much longer.

This is not a form of censorship, but I am not prepared to provide a platform for new or active members to be driven away by a bunch of keyboard warriors.

Paul

Not much hope for the rest of us if that's how UKIP treat their own members. Mr Nuttall MEP is learning the ways of the European Union very quickly.

English Democrats-An English Nation Once Again

We almost started Morris Dancing when we heard this. But the office is too small:

UKIP-Laughing Stock, Part II

UKIP-A Laughing Stock

This, from the Birmingham Post, confirms that UKIP, limping along on 2% in the latest opinion poll, has now lost what credibility it had:

The row between West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire and her own party has taken a bizarre twist after she admitted she didn’t know whether she had been expelled or not.

UKIP has told Ms Sinclaire she is not allowed to use its name, logo or “intellectual property” in any of her work.

But it has also declined to throw her out of the party formally. A meeting in the European Parliament in Brussels to discuss her future ended without a decision being taken.

She said: “If you were to ask me whether I am still a UKIP MEP, I would have to say I don’t know.”

But she insisted she would not stand down from the European Parliament, even if she had to sit as an independent.

Ms Sinclaire said: “My fear is that UKIP is breaking the contract it made with the people of the West Midlands, because they voted for a UKIP MEP and that’s what they should get.”

The row has cast a cloud over last year’s dramatic breakthrough by UKIP, which campaigns for Britain to leave the EU.

In a major blow for the traditional parties, it won two MEP seats in the West Midlands – beating Labour and the Liberal Democrats, which only gained one each.

But the celebrations were shortlived as relations between Ms Sinclaire and the party leadership broke down soon after she arrived in Brussels to join Mike Nattrass, the party’s other West Midlands MEP.

She announced she was quitting the eurosceptic group her UKIP colleagues have joined in the European Parliament, called the Europe of Freedom and Democracy group, which includes right-wing parties from across the EU.

In her resignation letter, she said: “I have found it increasingly difficult to justify sitting alongside one or two of the European parties within the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group who have a variety of extremist views which includes anti-Semitism, violence and the espousal of a single European policy on immigration.”

Despite resigning from the European group, she remained a member of UKIP itself. But her decision provoked a furious response, and Ms Sinclaire was sacked as the party’s general election candidate for Meriden, Warwickshire.

She was told that her fellow MEPs would consider throwing her out of the party at a meeting in Brussels. But that ended without a decision being taken.

Ms Sinclaire has now received a letter from Paul Nuttall, Chairman of UKIP’s National Executive Committee, banning her from using the party’s “intellectual property”.

She has also been banned from attending UKIP meetings.

However, she has been given an opportunity to reach an agreement with the party after she was invited to attend a meeting of the UKIP National Executive Committee on February 1.

Ms Sinclaire said: “I have been to see my solicitors to find out what I can do.

“What is certain is that I will continue as an MEP, doing the job I was elected to do.”

A UKIP spokesman said: “In effect, Ms Sinclaire is currently an independent MEP.

“All our MEPs signed an agreement to join the European Parliament group that the party decided to join.”

Original article here.

Can't help wondering if anybody, other than those earning a good living off MEP salaries or their allowances, actually takes the UK Independence Party seriously anymore. Certainly the voters don't judging by the latest opinion polls.

Lord Pearson Gunning for Nigel Farage in UKIP Civil War

The following note went out to ex-UKIP members with the document we posted earlier today. It seems that Lord Pearson really is gunning for Nigel Farage, which is maybe why he (Pearson) encouraged Nikki Sinclaire to resign from the EFD Group in Brussels, thus forcing Farage to make a complete fool of himself on the Daily Politics, also showing what a vile bunch Farage has allied UKIP with in Brussels.

UKIP Obstacles

Lord Pearson delegated contact with senior former members of UKIP with the intention of holding small lunch parties at the House of Lord. He has encountered resistance! That is no surprise. Whilst he sorts out this problem a small group is proposing to attack the situation from the flank.

Attached is a template which we hope you will wish to use and return your views to us. We will then present a consolidated concensus to Lord P. (with dissenting views if necessary) so he begins to get a fully rounded picture of the party and hopefully its way forward. No names of respondents will, at this stage, be included in the report.

We want to present this to him before Parliament reconvenes in early January. Would you please firstly indicate that you wish to take part and then return your considered answers in good time.

We consider it is vital, however difficult, that such valuable resigned/rmoved members should return to the fold,

Our cause is far more important than any personality clashes.