Have any of you UKIP supporters actually read their manifesto and understood what they stand for? I don't particularly like Farage but he's done extremely well attracting all these supporters of the back of one single policy. Problem is, aside from that policy the party has little else to show and once put under proper scrutiny their whole manifesto collapses.
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But shouldn't that tell all the other parties that the one issue that UKIP gain supporters on is SO important to those people, that they're willing to ignore every other aspect of their lives and the way the country is run in order to get action on that issue?
And that maybe the other parties should consider doing something about it?
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What difference does a manifesto make now?
Blair killed that democratic privilege as soon as he took power.
No party since Blair got in has ever adhered to a manifesto let alone spelt one out.
The truth is that once in power they find their hands tied by EU beurocratic rules and the Human rights laws.
We were given a big hint that the tories would offer a referendum on europe but now that has been strung up as another carrot to get them elected NEXT time...??? What happened to the promise for this term.
Manifestos used to be a readable document but Blair shrunk manifstos down to audible soundbites like 'EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION'
Politicians know they need votes from the biggest footprint of voters which is the man in the street. Hence the dumbing down of politics to a level our least intelligent voters can understand.
If people voting UKIP shake up the complacency of the two timeserving parties (and one timewasting one) then its happy days as far as I'm concerned.
You never know UKIP might well be the party we actually need right now.
They certainly can't do any worse and if all they do is bring Britian back to the days of Rugger and tea and scones instead of Radical Islam , uncaring nurses and deskbound coppers then that will do me.
If you understand how the system works, you will understand it doesn't matter how daft a lot of their policies are.
Changing any part of the system takes a LOT of effort, it's a slog where the opposition, the civil service, and sometimes the media will fight you.
Just look at the conservatives, in office for 2 years now, and they have managed to change very little (if you look closely at a lot of their changes they are still in planning, have been watered down, and those that have been implemented are really only the small changes).
Even if UKIP get a majority, they would have a fight on their hands actually pulling out of the EU.
But it's a fight they won't be able to back down from, as doing so would make them extinct.
They will simply not have the will and ability to push through a lot of their more silly policies, you also assume that every MP for a party votes the way of it's party.
It was more of a skit based on your username actually.
MDF....plank....get it.
BTW i looked at those pics of the stuff you sell. Do people actually buy that stuff? Not being funny but most of it you could knock up yourself in half an hour. Good luck to yer for selling it, but it amazes me how utterly useless some people are.
Wrong again sooey! I am a member! I sat with Nigel Farage 10 years ago when they held a dinner party to raise funds for their campaign! You probably got less chance to become a member!
I wasn't actually addressing that remark to you, you plank.
Sexual discrimination! Actually, I'm surprised that Stonewall aren't up in arms about it!
Very true. I haven't bothered to read any manifesto for years now. They are meaningless because they are invariably broken or ignored once the party is in power.
UKIP is the only party offering to regain our sovereignty. Anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear is aware that public opinion favours them and what they stand for.
Yes (I'm not a party member). There's a lot of sensible stuff in their energy policy for example and I'm very taken by their stance on freedom, liberty and reducing the size and interference of the state in peoples lives. On the whole, it seems a lot more joined up and coherent than the tired old BS we get from the traditional parties.
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mdf290
It was more of a skit based on your username actually.
MDF....plank....get it.
BTW i looked at those pics of the stuff you sell. Do people actually buy that stuff? Not being funny but most of it you could knock up yourself in half an hour. Good luck to yer for selling it, but it amazes me how utterly useless some people are.
For sure people are becoming less able theses days. I doubt my eldest son all university qualified etc could even fold a napkin. The demographic of my buyers though is retired people mostly female so they aren't likely to be lugging planks around and wielding a saw.
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Devastation: my borough aren't having an election this year - don't know why, I am sure they have been annually ever other year.
Sorry UKIP, you will have to wait until next year for my vote.
Sorry UKIP, you will have to wait until next year for my vote.
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