tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post226853112762723606..comments2023-11-02T04:40:21.698-07:00Comments on Dr. Eric Edmond's Blog: Farage ticks Napoleon's boxEric Edmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11661176160109187800noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post-51630480161324448582012-11-26T04:00:09.736-08:002012-11-26T04:00:09.736-08:00Thanks Alan for clarifying why you left UKIP. I ap...Thanks Alan for clarifying why you left UKIP. I apologise. Steph is bemused by Farage as many others are but more importantly is qite happy to do his bidding in the SW. Having Hamilton as an MEP candidate should be vetoed by the SWRC as Del, I and David Abbott opposed Andreasen going on the SE slate when she failed 6 criteria aplied top other wannabee MEP candidates.<br /><br />It is as my old minister's PPS used to say necessary to have a political sense to work in politics. You have it, Del Young has it, Steph McWilliams does not have it. Her only ability as it is with many others on UKIP committees is to say Yes to everything Farage wants.Eric Edmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11661176160109187800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post-45909760382034464012012-11-26T02:21:27.686-08:002012-11-26T02:21:27.686-08:00Dear Eric,
I'd like people to be clear that I ...Dear Eric,<br />I'd like people to be clear that I left UKIP and concurrently resigned the chairmanship of the SW Region Committee because Lord Pearson became the party leader, supported and promoted by Nigel Farage. I was not forced out. Pearson's views were so extreme on certain issues that UKIP were no longer a Party I wished to support.<br /><br />Farage's decision to form an EU Political Group, entertaining fascist extremists in order to gain extra finances, had a bearing on my decision.<br /><br />The absurd decision by Rotherham Council to punish a couple of foster parents allegedly for membership of UKIP may seem like a gift horse to UKIP in the coming election. It may prove to be a Trojan Horse for UKIP's enemies who will expose the links to extreme partners.<br /><br />The current Chairman of the UKIP South West Region was a tail end candidate on the UKIP slate in the 2009 European elections. We always used to complain that the BBC did not give UKIP people opportunities on political programmes. However, it is important that any representative is master of their subject when confronted by a skilled political interviewer - they are experts in their field.<br />It reminds me of the old saying "it is better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it".<br /><br />Sadly, thanks to Farage's influence the Party has not grown in intellectual capacity to meet the challenge of being a party of government, and any success in Rotherham will be a lucky hit.ALAN WOODnoreply@blogger.com