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The approach apparently came from former tennis loser Buster Mottram, a UKIP member with a long history of association with extreme right-wing views. Mottram, who has now been expelled from UKIP had in the past endorsed the National Front and if I recall correctly had attempted to be selected as a Conservative Party candidate on at least one occasion without success.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said: "There are no circumstances, no possible situations, in which we would even consider doing any type of deal with the BNP whatsoever."
asquith said:
November 4, 2008 7:40 AM | permalink
The thing is, I've never regarded UKIP & the BNP as having anything in common, just like UKIP's Daily Mail & "libertarian" wings have little in common.
But they're all, without exception, twats. I'm anti-EU myself, but I wouldn't dream of taking alongside the sort of inadequates you'll find on the blogosphere supporting them.
asquith said:
November 4, 2008 2:38 PM | permalink
Partly I don't like the incessant hysteria that emanates from "libertarian" & Mail-reading blogs.
But more than that, it's the climate change "scepticism" & the general scorning of the idea that conservation is important that is almost universal amongst UKIP & LPUK types.
You can sneer or shout abuse according to taste, but it's a fairly big deal to me what happens to our environment & the environment worldwide.
November 4, 2008 7:40 AM | permalink
The thing is, I've never regarded UKIP & the BNP as having anything in common, just like UKIP's Daily Mail & "libertarian" wings have little in common.
But they're all, without exception, twats. I'm anti-EU myself, but I wouldn't dream of taking alongside the sort of inadequates you'll find on the blogosphere supporting them.