Sunday 28 July 2013

Off to France once more on pleasure bent

Eat your hear out Clive Page I will sit in my garden, listen to the sea and Test Match Special whilst quaffing the old vino. See you at the Gabba inshallah in November for the next Aussie humiliation.

No blogging except from MacDs the only place in France with decent internet at least that's what Nigel (Lawson) tells me.

Saturday 27 July 2013

Guido & the Speccy start to take an interest in UKIP - bad news for UKIP

First the Guido story that Farage is now a leftie is supported by the picture below of NF attending a Guardian editorial meeting no less.

 

The gent in white shirt front left is I think Nick Watts a regular commentator on the Andrew Neil Sunday show.

Then we have the Speccie reporting Stuart Wheeler, UKIP treasurer, has put money on call me Dave winning an outright majority in the GE of 2015. I quote from the Speccy blog below:

Steerpike

Treachery in UKIP?

15 comments25 July 2013 12:34 
Stuart Wheeler is a gambling man.
Stuart Wheeler is a gambling man.
Steerpike is back in this week’s edition of the Specator. Here is a preview:
‘Is there treachery at the top of Ukip? Westminster has been buzzing with the rumour that Party treasurer Stuart Wheeler has laid money on the Conservatives to win an overall majority in 2015. Can it possibly be true? Mr Steerpike called Mr Wheeler who was happy to spill the beans. Yes, he said, he has placed a bet — ‘bigger than a fiver but not huge’ — but not because he thinks or hopes the Tories will win. ‘I expect to lose the money,’ he says cheerfully, ‘but the odds of 4/1 looked a bit long.’ He’s also laid cash on Nigel Farage to become an MP and on Ukip to grab at least two seats at the election.’
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Well good for Stuart. Nothing like hedging your bets.

This gets better and better for the media who are clearly set for a field day with UKIP's to brass.

Finally there I hear that in the South East region, Farage's region,  UKIP MEP candidate selection will be run by John Moran, a long time Farage friend, Harry Aldridge a twenty something UKIP wanabe and a Mr Roger Bird, UKIP SE chairman, former Tory and Bow group treasurer. Now who else was in the Tories,  the Bow group and UKIP? Why Mr Bannerman now no longer a UKIP MEP but a fervent admirer of Dave and a Tory MEP.

Looks like ordinary UKIP members with left leanings need not apply and supports UKIP's impeccable Tory credentials. Smart hedging by Mr Wheeler

Thursday 25 July 2013

Farage revising his views on immigration and now is well in with the Guardian

Here is a twitter exchange that appears to indicate this:



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Tuesday 23 July 2013

EU lover is revealed by Guido as hard core lobbyist

Roland Rudd is regularly wheeled out on TV to rubbish UKIP and those with Eurosceptic views.Guido reports who  Rudd represents:

Roland’s known clients include Murdoch, the Daily Mail, not so environmentally sensitive miners like Rio Tinto and African Barrick Gold. Rudd’s client list includes Boots and easyJet, owned by predatory asset stripping private equity companies, the most aggressive takeover group in the world KKR – the original “Barbarians at the Gate” - investment banks like Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered, UK taxpayer bailed out banks like Royal Bank of Scotland and Greece’s bankrupt Alpha Bank. Glencore the rogue commodities trading operation run out of Switzerland retains Rudd.

He also adds Wonga to Rudd's client list later in his piece.

It seems that Millipede has dinner with Rudd and others of his ilk. What I object to is that the Beeb etc does not make it clear who Rudd represents. When promoting the EU he talks for his corporate clients. Who speaks for the ordinary working people of the UK. Well not Millipede or Balls and certainly not Cam or Clegg.

The truth is no one now speaks for the ordinary working people  O tempora o mores as Cicero said.

Click http://order-order.com/2013/07/23/two-years-since-ed-promised-lobbying-dinner-details/
to read Guido's full piece

Why does the link listing all Rudd's clients no longer work?

Monday 22 July 2013

UKIP allegations of sex scandals

I have been busy in France for the last 12 days plus graduating my son so no time for blogging or anything else. On Sunday I picked up the Telegraph to read on the first page, "UKIP pair attacked me, woman claims". They used to say Tories did sex scandals and Labour financial scandals but it seems UKIP does both!

The story full page spread is headlined 'Spiked drink and the night UKIP's party turned sour'. It all seems to have taken place at UKIP's conference last September and is alleged by a female UKIP activist against YI members. It is reminiscent of the LibDems Lord Renard affair but there the women complaining were serious  credible witnesses and they had a QC led investigation.

One thing that does puzzle me is that Mrs Farage is quoted as saying this woman was 'coming on strongly' to her husband and was very drunk. In my limited experience Mrs F seldom appears at UKIP events. The last I can recall was at the HMS Belfast do where it was reported she had pitched up in search of one of Farage's lady friends. Cherchez la femme as the French say.

I do hope UKIP's investigation conducted by Mr Greaves will stand up to scrutiny of its process. He claims to have practised at the International Criminal Court so he should be well versed in these matters.

I do not understand why the whole matter was not immediately reported to the police for them to investigate. The allegations seem to me to be a prima facie case of criminal acts.

At my son's graduation I had dinner with a vet who practises in Newmarket. He told me the stud fee for Frankel to cover your mare was £150 k and the beast was signed up for 120 such equine shags this year. Still Mr Wood its better than giving your dosh to UKIP.

Thursday 11 July 2013

Move over Farage says Wheeler

He who pays the piper calls the tune. Farage's EUKIP  has spent a long time dancing to their EU paymaster's tune. Now its time for a different tune and some different lead artistes.

I today's DT Stuart Wheeler calls for the same reforms and reduction of Farage media appearances in favour of other UKIPers. Del Young, David Abbott and I called for this four years ago and got kicked out by the Cabal for telling the true facts. The difference is Stuart Wheeler is UKIP's Len McClusky to Farage's Ed Millipede. You can read the brief piece in today's DT. It is headlined, "Move out of spotlight Ukip tells Farage"

Its long overdue. Del Young and I were sure that nice Mrs James, the lady who almost one the Eastleigh by-election, would be quickly sidelined by the Farage cabal once the media attention was elsewhere. So where is Mrs James the lady who showed up the Fuerher's poor and very expensive electoral performances? The cult leader cannot be outshone by anyone so Mrs James just had to go. UKIP will no doubt now assiduously promote the photogenic Ms Duffy as its leading female star. No threat to Nigel there then.

Wheeler is quoted as saying, "Now we're much bigger, he's (Farage) has got to change a bit and allow other people to do some of it". Ah Mr Wheeler you are young in the ways of UKIP. The leopard does not change its spots until it sits on red leather.

Tuesday 9 July 2013

Tim Congdon's latest email and Farage's failings

The above arrived in my inbox recently. Tim stands out in Farage's EUKIP. He is intelligent, a good economist and honest. I cannot say the same of EUKIP's ruling Cabal of which Tim is a semi-detached member at worst.

Tim makes 3 main points:

He wants a balanced budget, that UKIP will not fight elections as part of a pan-European party and Nigel Farage will be included in any televised national debates on the 2014 and 2015 elections.

Taking his points one by one its quite a long time since the UK last had a balanced budget roughly the 2 years either side of 2000 but Tim's points that saving our £8bn net contribution to the EU plus his contentious estimate that getting rid of unnecesssary EU regulation would save about £20bn annually.

To that I would add the politically difficult but financially uncontentious action that axing the whole foreign aid budget and the ODA department would save £11bn annually. Its not so hard if you have the political will to balance the books.

These are simple figures but Farage failed to get similar figures across in his recent Radio 5 interview with Victoria Derbyshire. Click on http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01ccbm9 to hear the shambles. He chose to bat on NHS and welfare both difficult wickets. Incidentally Mr F it was Bismark who first brought in old age pensions. Farage's problem is he does not do detail. This failing will be increasingly targetted by the media. La Derbyshire is not a premier league financial journalist! He certainly needs Tim Congdon but Tim is not good at communicating to Joe Public so UKIP has a big problem still.

His second has already brought him into conflict with Farage at Torquay three years ago when Tim and Trevor got a motion passed barring Farage fro joining such a PEP. This produced the usual petulant display from Farage claiming Tim and Trevor had just cost him a million pounds. For this reason, EU money for NF, Farage's EUKIP will fight sooner or later as a PEP in the UK.

The last point is the easiest to reply to. There won't be any TV leader's debates in 2014 and 2015. Last time it was a one off by GB to scupper call me Dave. It worked and saddled Dave with Cleggy. Remember GB's frequent repetition of the phrase I agree with Nick! Dave has learned his lesson and if he has not Tory high command has!

Wednesday 3 July 2013

Why Farage's EUKIP is not a proper party: Candidate Selection rules

Re the current Falkirk fight of wannabee Labour MPs for a very safe seat I reproduce below part of the Labour party rule book on selection of candidates:

4. The NEC shall issue procedural guidelines on issues 
relating to membership from time to time, including 
a code of conduct on membership recruitment. In 
particular, the NEC wishes to highlight the following 
areas of potential abuse of membership rules:
A. It is an abuse of party rules for one individual or 
faction to ‘buy’ party membership for other 
individuals or groups of individuals who would 
otherwise be unwilling to pay their own 
subscriptions.
B. It is an abuse of party rules for an individual or 
faction to offer reduced-rate membership to 
people they know to be ineligible for that 
category of membership.
C. It is an abuse of party rules for individuals or 
factions to recruit members who do not live at 
the claimed addresses in an attempt to 
manipulate local party meetings or the outcome 
of party ballots.
D. It is a requirement of party rules for members, 
where eligible, to register to vote at the address 
for which they claim membership. It is an abuse 
of this rule to allow those who are not willing to 
register to vote for the party to become 
members of it.
E. It shall be regarded as an act grossly detrimental 
to the party to withhold membership payments 
collected locally. 
F. Party officers and members should be aware 
that involvementin such abuses shall be 
considered as behaviour likely to bring the party
into disrepute and prima facie evidence of such 
behaviour may lead to disciplinary action leading 
to expulsion under the constitutional rules of the 
party.

Labour is a proper political party with properly framed and enforced rules. That is what the current Falkirk affair is showing and Milliband clearly intends to stick to the rulebook. Look at what happened in EUKIP where Farage and Gill waived  such rules to allow Andreasen's UKIP candidacy. She is now of course a Tory. I doubt the Tories will be so quick to waive their rules in her favour.

Clause A: Andreasen was not a member of UKIP when selected. Gill claimed she was an 'associate' member. There was no such membership category in the UKIP constitution

Clause C: Andreasen was living in Barcelona. A UK accommodation address was found for her. She still I believe lives in Barcelona

Clause F: Clearly Farage and Gill would have had to face disciplinary action under Red Ed's Labour rules which are no different from LibDem or Tory candidate selection rules.

But Farage and Gill faced no sanction from UKIP's suppine NEC. Why not?

Well you see UKIP is not a proper political party with enforceable rules. It is a Nigel Farage cult in which rules are waived or applied at the cult leader's whim. The UKIP NEC are  enslaved held by the leader's power of patronage for getting on MEP slates. Getting elected an MEP is worth a million pounds over the 5 year term. That's a lot of patronage way beyond anything the wannabee MEPs could earn in any other area. So the word on the NEC is Yes Nigel, No Nigel, Three bags full Nigel! I know. I have been there I watched it happen and I have got the tee shirt.

Farage also blatantly interfered with the election in 2009 of his short term successor as leader on national TV, the Andrew Neil show something no leader of LibLabCon would ever do. He described Pearson as 'head and shoulders above all the other candidates'. He was such an outstanding candidate that on a later episode of the AN show Pearson admitted he did not know what was in the UKIP General Election manifesto. Scarcely surprising then UKIP bombed in the General Election and NF came a poor third to Speaker Bercow and an Independent in his personally chosen target seat, Buckingham. Pearson then stood down. He had merely been keeping the seat warm for Nigel. Following Pearson's abject performance anyone, even Nigel would be an improvement!

UKIP can therefore never succeed as a political force in the UK capable of delivering its members out of the clutches of the EU. It needs to recruit serious intelligent people, ditch Farage and his supporting Cabal and learn that you have to stick to your party rules otherwise you just act as fertile ground for the Tory moles as Anderson and Bannerman both Farage protegies are now so eloquently proving. The media are now having a field day at UKIP's expense and its going to get a whole lot worse for UKIP.



Tuesday 2 July 2013

I can't get no referendum

Thus sang the aged rockers at Glasto on Saturday, the night of the living dead. I well remember in 1972 Heath was repeatedly challenged to put the Common Market entry decision and as he knew he would lose such a vote he always refused saying in the UK such decisions were for MPs not us common plebs. The closest he got to telling the truth was when he said if you put such decisions to the people what was the point of being an MP. True then and true now as the Tories referendistas are about to find out.

What is going on up in Falkirk shows just how unrepresentative British democracy really is. The choice of Labour party candidate in the safest of Labour seats is seen to be in the gift of the Unite trade union Baron Len McCluskey. The great reform Acts of the 1830s were designed to stop the aristos doing this in the rotten boroughs they owned. All we have achieved in the last 200 years is to swap one corrupt controling political elite for another.

The only way is for the people to take to the streets as they have in Cairo. Such protest inevitably lead to violence but if a few poltical elite heads get cracked it at least concentrates the minds of the remainder on the peoples needs.

I remember when the murderous IRA campaign was at its height it was after they killed Airey Neave in the palace of Westminster in 1979  and Ian Gow in his drive outside his house in Sussex in 1990 bioth with car bombs things changed. Both were close associates of Thatcher who the IRA came very close to assassinating in 1984. John Major very quickly opened clandestine communications with the IRA when he became PM.

As the EU's failures become bigger and more apparent I expect to see street violence on the Continent and despite it not being the 'British' way as Mr Heath put it this will inevitably spread to the streets of our cities. Our political elite like Nero will continue to fiddle their expenses while the UK burns.