tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post2048952502563335476..comments2023-11-02T04:40:21.698-07:00Comments on Dr. Eric Edmond's Blog: Lib Dems get Tory sex scandal disease. What will UKIP develop? Eric Edmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11661176160109187800noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post-8784907083840484462014-01-27T00:17:27.500-08:002014-01-27T00:17:27.500-08:00There is a well-known "disease" in life ...There is a well-known "disease" in life called the Principle of Momentum. It occurs in cricket (especially in Australia it would seem-how did England manage to lose yesterday?) where a team can win against the odds or conversely lose from seemingly an impregnable position. <br /><br />Who has the momentum going into the coming 18 months of elections ?<br /><br />What happens in the Wythenshawe and Sale by-election could show who has "Momentum".<br /><br />ALAN WOODnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post-15447476355499052482014-01-24T02:36:35.219-08:002014-01-24T02:36:35.219-08:00After Farage's performance on The Andrew Neil ...After Farage's performance on The Andrew Neil "show" he appears to have caught Lord Pearson's "I don't know what is in my manifesto foot-in-mouth" disease.<br /><br />It was once the case that UKIP went into battle with a half-page manifesto that everyone could remember.<br /><br />Then they had the Campbell-Bannerman monstrosity in 2010 that included everyone's favourite policy.<br /><br />Farage decided to "professionalise" the party, but forgot that the internet never forgets what you once said.<br /><br />Neil skewered him on his sloppy forgetfulness in not revoking all previous manifestos before he thought up a new one.<br /><br />Thankfully for UKIP the (wo)man-in-the-street who occasionally votes does not watch political programmes.<br /><br />Immigration, "austerity" and lack of jobs may cause them to vote against the present coalition and possibly the useless opposition over the next few months. A mid-term kicking is always good fun !<br /><br />When it comes to the 2015 election General Farage will find that his lack of competent Officers and his miniscule army of untrained combatants will be no match for the big boys, their PR teams and their friendly pro-EU faces in business, unions and the media.<br /><br />How the pro-EU brigade must be chortling that the anti-EU movement has been hijacked by such a plonker.<br /><br />The pro-EU crowd remind me of Cassius Clay taunting his opponent knowing that he could not be defeated by their flailing blows. UKIP's greatest achievement was the Henry Cooper moment when the Euro was floored in UK.<br /><br />The EU will be like Cassius Clay - Muhammad Ali - peaking then being reduced to a bumbling financial wreck because there are too many hangers-on taking the money. The problem is that they may well bring down UK with them.ALAN WOODnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post-86142612637276591132014-01-24T01:00:51.699-08:002014-01-24T01:00:51.699-08:00From this link
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/t...From this link<br />http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100256060/how-ukip-and-the-conservatives-can-both-win-the-wythenshawe-and-sale-east-by-election/<br />you will see that Toby Young is promoting a country before party movement where Conservatives vote Ukip to keep Labour out and Ukip votes Conservative to keep Conservative in.<br />The fact that is a supposedly local arrangement and against party rules seems immaterial.<br />The interesting thing is, should UKIP win, and get an MP, where does this leave Mr. Farage?<br />In the party leadership stakes an MP would trump an MEP.<br />While I don't think Mr. Young's initiative will make the slightest difference outside a by-election (are there any remaining Conservatives north of Watford?) it would be fun if it did. <br />Mike Bridgemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post-54533197924922206482014-01-23T12:27:26.280-08:002014-01-23T12:27:26.280-08:00A sensible choice of candidate to fight a lost cau...A sensible choice of candidate to fight a lost cause.<br /><br />With a bit of luck he could even pip the Tories and Lib-Dems.ALAN WOODnoreply@blogger.com