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ProfessorF
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 http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/19/ukip-hopeful-fought-with-one-armed-disabled-man-as-gaffe-prone-election-campaign-takes-another-twist-4733572/ | | | | Quote: Ukip’s gaffe-prone election campaign has taken another turn for the worse – after its by-election candidate lashed out at a disabled protester.
The party has claimed Roger Helmer was provoked as he gave an interview to a paper in Newark.
But rivals have insisted the 70-year-old, who has likened homosexuality to mental illness, started a fight with a one-armed man when he was asked about his expenses.
The protestor he fought with, David Challoner, lost an arm in his job at a steelworks.
A spokesman for Ukip said: ‘A rentamob turned up led by a councillor chanting “Roger down”.
‘He tried to take the megaphone and was pulled away. He wasn’t arrested and he’s not heard from the police.’
The latest scandal came a day after Nigel Farage’s deputy told protesters to ‘f*** off’ during a leafleting drive.
Janice Atkinson, who is also Ukip’s press advisor, is accused of insulting a rival about her weight, then flipping the middle finger at her.
Maria Pizzey, who was allegedly targeted by the party official, said: ‘This is the most aggressive individual I have had the misfortune to come across and she wants to represent this country in Europe.’
Meanwhile, leading Labour figures have said Mr Farage is racist.
David Lammy MP accused Farage of being ‘deeply nasty’. But yesterday, Mr Farage replied: ‘Our immigration, far from being racist, aims to end discrimination against non-Europeans. | | | | |
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timark_uk
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Have you even been paying attention? This would never happen. Mark
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pcernie
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pcernie
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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... opean-lawsTruth be told it will be little dodgier than current and previous alliances.
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ProfessorF
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paulzolo
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OFCOM decided that UKIP should be treated as a major party ahead of the election. http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/20 ... -elections
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Paul1965
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Farage hails 'extraordinary' UKIP win in European electionMore from the BBC here.
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jonbwfc
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Just to put it into persecutive...  (as an aside, does anyone know why images with twimg.com URLs never seem to show up when included on here?)
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MrStevenRogers
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a very good result for UKIP all round in the local and euro elections
but the elections in europe itself have been very surprising ...
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jonbwfc
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It will be interesting to see how UKIP's new MEPs behave. Do they participate in the EU parliament - something which, according to their political stance is kind of hypocritical - and if not, will they still take the generous wage and expenses that go with the job? I wonder how many will put personal interest ahead of principle? Jon
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MrStevenRogers
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i don't really mind if they do nothing and take everything they can from the EU
because when we leave political union with europe it will all be a mote point ...
please note i said 'when' not 'if' we leave.
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jonbwfc
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You should. Where do you think the money they'd be taking eventually comes from? Errr.. We're not in political union with Europe. It might be a good idea to fully research these concepts before you vote again.
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MrStevenRogers
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thank you for your very kind advice. i shall take full note of it. cheers ...
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paulzolo
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So, UKIP got 28% of the 34.% of eligible voters who bothered to turn out. I would not class that as a UKIP victory, more as a victory for apathy and a loss for democracy.
Regardless of the reasons for not turning out, the notion that you can affect a country's standing in anything based on 9% of the total electorate ( (34/100) * 28 ) is an appalling statistic. That does mean that 90% of the eligible voters in this country did. It vote for UKIp - either by actively voting for someone else, or just apathetically not turning up.
To apply the Conservatives' logic - if that was the turnout for a union voting for strike action, they'd be howling about it not being representative of the membership and would be declaring the ballot invalid. And yet here we are. No one is making that argument about these elections.
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MrStevenRogers
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Govt. in the UK would be put between a rock and a hard place if that argument was used as they are very partial to first passed the post. regardless of percentage of voters
such a pity that Govt. don't abide by the same rules, election wise, that they imposed on unions ...
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