tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post7123540211938133292..comments2023-11-02T04:40:21.698-07:00Comments on Dr. Eric Edmond's Blog: Farage changes the rules - againEric Edmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11661176160109187800noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post-60006168383948200012012-02-29T02:05:46.905-08:002012-02-29T02:05:46.905-08:00The secret of sucess in these things is to appear ...The secret of sucess in these things is to appear plausible, just like a sucessful lie has a basis in truth. The gerrymandering of the MEP (and indeed ALL candidate) selection to place it totally under the personal control of Nigel has been masked by what appear to be fair and reasonable changes. The introduction of candidate assessment centres, very good idea, weeds out those people who are obviously unsuitable, the nutters, the fanatics, the wild eyed loons! Much more professional approach, increases the party's credibility. Of course assessment in under the control of Lisa Duffy and the new UKIP Press Secretary, bith of whom are Faragists. Second leg of the selection process is the vote of the membership, this could not be dropped titally as the members like to think they are involved in the process and their views actually count. This is of course untrue and the downgrading of the vote of the membership to "advisory" makes it irelevant. The third leg of the selection procedure is the NEC Interview. This is where those unsuitable individuals can be finally stopped even if they have managed to pass an assessment centre and make it to the top of the list on the membership vote. So effectively control of the NEC gives control of the candidate lists as a great performance in the assessment centre and a top place in the membership vote cam be overturned by the NEC Vote. Similarly you can not even appear on the ballot of the membership and never have attended, much less pass, an assessment centre but go top of the list via a vote of the NEC. This process is supposed to apply to all party candidate lists. Of course onlty the potentially winnable seats actually get any attention. In the next General Election (or indeed local elections) no one in the leadership actually cares since UKIP are not going to get lucrative seats on the gravy trains for any of thise elections.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post-3578803895876060192012-02-14T11:26:54.942-08:002012-02-14T11:26:54.942-08:00Well Farage is certainly in the pay of the EU. My ...Well Farage is certainly in the pay of the EU. My point is there is no difference between EUKIP and EU crats as Orwell's point was there was no difference between the pigs and the cruel human farmersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6112651969466158066.post-5455397072265908622012-02-14T10:24:54.221-08:002012-02-14T10:24:54.221-08:00Is this a case of 'he who pays the piper.....&...Is this a case of 'he who pays the piper.....'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com