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UKIP- A Final Thought

Nigel Farage admits to taking £2,000,000 in expenses, or 'allowances', in 10 years as an MEP.

He claims to have used that to promote UKIP in the UK.

3 UKIP MEPs were elected in 1999, when Farage was first elected. In five years, to 2004, they must have then made £600,000 per year in allowances.

Making £3,000,000 from 1999 to 2004.

In 2004 12 were elected. They lost 1 immediately (Ashley Mote), 1 (Kilroy Silk) left soon after. So assume the 10, Tom Wise was never expelled, each made £200,000 each year in allowances.

UKIP MEPs then, supposedly, made £2,000,000 per year over five years in allowances. Making £10,000,000 over the last five years to promote the party.

After these county council elections:

UKIP have gained 6 county councillors.

English Democrats have 1 elected mayor.

BNP have gained 2 county councillors.

Greens have gained 6 county councillors.

As UKIP say, those using taxpayers' money usually waste it. Perhaps they should practice what they preach, because that looks like a poor return to me.

Or perhaps UKIP gravy train passengers just couldn't survive in the business world.

Or they actually haven't been promoting their party with their allowances after all.

Very curious.

To see the original: LINK

And let us not forget that before the MP expenses scandal UKIP was set to do very badly. They have not gained votes due to their policies, MEPs or Farage. They have gained support because voters naively think that UKIP is different.

Voters will soon come to realise their mistake. UKIP is just as corrupt as the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems.

UKIP is getting really paranoid

Taken from UKIP's website:

UKIP is being inundated with calls from voters complaining that UKIP is not on the ballot paper.Voting has only been going on for three hours and already hundreds are calling the UK Independence Party to complain that they were not able to vote for the party.

The problem is that Returning Officers have been folding the ballot papers. They have been folding them so that the last two, three or four parties in alphabetical order are hidden when the first fold of the paper is opened. It thus appears that UKIP is not on the ballot paper.

UKIP has already contacted both the Electoral Commission and the Returning Officers on this matter.

So is UKIP suggesting that the voters are too stupid to unfold a voting slip?

Clearly UKIP is making a fuss as there are already signs that they are not going to do as well as Farage and his sycophants previously claimed. The folded ballot papers will be used as the excuse for a bad election result.

UKIP has been exposed time and time again as a party led by cheats, liars and crooks.

UKIP has been criticised by Open Europe for refusing to publish details of their expense claims, several UKIP MEPs are under investigation by OLAF and Farage has refused to say where his £2 million expenses went.

There was a rigged MEP selection process, the lies of Godfrey Bloom and David Bannerman, the removal of democratically elected NEC members, attempts to give Nuttall dictatorial powers and Farage sanctioned BNP smears against decent members.

The list is endless!

That UKIP - under it’s present leadership - is corrupt is obvious.

Don’t waste your time or your vote on this dishonest bunch!

UKIP: The stupidity and hypocrisy of Mark Croucher

The mentally challenged Mark Croucher - like Farage - is still busily trying to promote the idea that UKIP has been infiltrated by the BNP.

Despite frequent requests to name the infiltrators they have both declined to do so. Surely if they possess a list of names why don't they publish them?

But of course they can’t because they are lying. They use the BNP smear story in order to silence any who dare criticise Farage’s leadership. Dr Eric Edmond made the following observation on his blog:

“This is what I fell out with him 10 minutes into my first NEC meeting. I made it clear to him then that I would not rubber stamp any of his ridiculous tirades and smears without seeing independent evidence to support his claims. To the best of my knowledge Farage has never produced any evidence of BNP moles/infiltrators or whatever in UKIP”.

Although Croucher is happy to denounce others as being far-right he has himself been more than happy to submit articles to a magazine whose editor has been accused of being a supporter of the far-right. The magazine in question - Right Now - was often accused by far-left groups of being fascist in outlook.

As ‘Barboo’ has pointed out on the British Democracy Forum:

“It would have been difficult to get much closer to the BNP than Mark Croucher did when he submitted an article to Right Now! magazine, published in October/November 2003.

Editor Derek Turner, said to have described himself as a 'neighbourhood Nazi', wrote: "To commemorate the magazine's tenth anniversary, issue 42 contains a unique series of articles on the British 'Right'". The contents list included:

The Freedom Party - No change, no chance by Cllr Mrs Sharron Edwards

United Kingdom Independence Party - Who governs Britain? by Mark Croucher

British National Party - Is the BNP about to become mainstream? by John Bean

Having an article appear sandwiched between one by the former deputy leader of the BNP, and another by the editor of the BNP magazine 'Identity', is just the sort of link which would have Mark Croucher screaming 'fascist' and 'nazi' if the author had been anyone who had fallen out of favour with the UKIP leadership!”

In the same thread John West replied:

"Funny how Croucher has declined to comment on this. Perhaps someone should tell searchshite they have a fascist in their midst".

Although Croucher is already in the pay of Farage you can expect Croucher to become an official full-time employee of UKIP after June 4th.

His willingness to lie for his master will be well rewarded.

For more on Croucher: LINK

Piers Merchant - UKIP's own returning officer - on the invalidity of the Eastern Region selection process

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

UKIP LIST SELECTION PROCESS, 2008

I was officially appointed as Returning Officer for the UKIP internal elections which were to decide on the regional list candidates for the 2009 European Elections.

My duties were not clearly defined but included supervision of the election campaign and of the subsequent count.

I was appointed after the shortlisting process and therefore took no part in that. However, it was not entirely clear to what extent my remit extended to scrutinising the validity of the shortlisted candidates. Returning Officers normally have some responsibility for ensuring candidates are correctly nominated.

During the course of the election campaign I received complaints on almost a daily basis. Many of these were about the validity of the candidates and often about the process of shortlisting . I formed a view that something had gone wrong in various regions and in some it was sufficient to tarnish the election process itself.

I was placed in a practical position where I had to rule at various times in the campaign whether or not a candidate was a valid candidate because of a chorus of complaints and questions.
I was very keen to try not to disrupt the complex voting process once it had started and so where there were complaints that looked credible I said I would make a final ruling after the count. I could then take an overall view and also give parties a chance to re-consider their position in the light of the results.

In my official report to the National Executive Council ( which I can make available), I stated that I considered the overall position in both the Eastern and London untenable. As far as the Eastern region was concerned I formally recommended that a special sub-committee be set up with a remit to investigate all the complaints and determine how to resolve them.

To my surprise the NEC rejected this recommendation after a very brief discussion which I believe was quite inadequate and, furthermore, decided to take no action at all.

Given the complete failure to even investigate the serious and continuing complaints and given all my original concerns, it is my considered view as Returning Officer that the results of the internal election in the Eastern Region are unsafe and invalid and that the entire process should be re-run.

Piers Merchant
12 February 2009

UKIP's leadership can't even conduct an internal election without it becoming corrupted.

As you can see NONE of the UKIP's Eastern Region candidates should be standing as the whole Eastern Region selection process is invalid.

If you live in the Eastern Region don't vote for UKIP on June 4th!

Gerard Batten & Roger Knapman on Derek Clark's betrayal of the British people

Derek Clark is one of UKIP’s more obnoxious MEPs.

He is under investigation for fraud:

The OLAF investigation into allegations that Clark misused his EU allowance is certainly gathering momentum with the likelihood that Northampton Police will be asked to launch a full investigation into Clark’s financial activities.

Derek Clark OLAF Case Number: D/007/033/04.09.08Derek Clark OLAF Investigation Number: DD/FD-D2008.A1/7133/OF/2008/0240

He is a supporter of the EU:

Clark went to Bucharest - at the behest of Farage - and signed a declaration espousing the principle of "subsidiarity". Prior to this UKIP has always been in favour of total withdrawal from the EU. By accepting the principle of subsidiarity UKIP was now accepting the authority of the union to take decisions which are not devolved to national or regional government.

At the same time Clark also signed up to the principle of "reforming" the Common Agricultural Policy, something which UKIP had previously refused to recognise at all.

See: LINK

Here is an internal memo sent by Roger Knapman to his fellow MEPs. It concerns Clark’s willingness to betray the British people:

Memo to UKIP MEPs

I am afraid I cannot in any way allow myself to be associated with the joint declaration with the Romanian Party PIN.

I hope you will agree with me.

The declaration contains statements with which we should not possibly agree and which are against the principles upon which we were elected.

May I draw your attention in particular to paragraphs 3 and 6. We are not in favour of the EU concept of subsidiarity which presupposes basic authority is centralised at EU level; we are certainly not in favour of the CAP and farming subsidies.

I am uneasy about paragraph 8 which implies that sovereignty is negotiable in areas other than fiscal policy. Paragraph 7 is vacuous and its meaning unclear.

We should not allow UKIP to be linked with this dubious initiative under any circumstances. Nor should we become involved in internal elections in other countries.

I also hope no UKIP MEP will become involved in the junket in Romania. We agreed in the group at the beginning of this Parliament that we would not allow ourselves to be seduced into the free international trips circuit. We should stick to our resolve. Nothing is to be gained by slap up dinners in Bucharest or bus tours round the countryside.

There is merit in us being part of a loose grouping, but with minimal policies in view of our unique position as withdrawalists. Group and bureau meetings should therefore be limited in nature and take place in Brussels or Strasbourg or we are bound to face justifiable criticism for “going native.”

Roger

Gerard Batten also spoke out against Clark’s betrayal:

From: gerard.batten@btinternet.com

To: alanbown@btinternet.com; bryanukip1@aol.com; davidfabbott@btinternet.com; partychairman@ukip.org; del1young@yahoo.co.uk; douglas.denny@btopenworld.com; emb@westanstey.fsnet.co.uk; gerard.batten@btinternet.com; percyguest@onetel.com; mazukerman@bensonmazure.co.uk; ukipse@ukip.org; rjoxley@lineone.net; dclark@ukip.org; ukipse1@keme.co.uk; gbloom@ukip.org; mrgrahambooth@aol.com; jtitford@ukip.org; jwhittaker@ukip.org; mikenattrass@hotmail.com; rknapman@ukip.org; tomwise@ukip.org

Subject: FW: Message from RogerDate: Wed, 16 May 2007 13:17:01 +0100

Dear All,

IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE TO UKIP NEC MEMBERS AND MEPS ONLY. I have just received a copy of this letter from Roger to the NEC. I agree with its contents.

Regards,

Gerard

It is a pity that Gerard is now too cowardly to speak out. In private he is more than willing to attack Farage and his sycophants but in public he is one of the first to praise them. I am sickened by his spinelessness!

Is Derek Clark - a man accused of fraud - the sort of person you want representing Great Britain for another five years?

Don’t waste your vote on this odious man. He is a traitor to his people and his country!

Nigel Farage makes a fool of himself on Sky News

Taken from Sky News:

ADAM BOULTON: It’s the European Parliamentary elections this week and if you are in the UK and you are not too keen on Europe and you don’t like the Conservatives then two parties are actually focusing on the whole question of Europe from a sceptical angle. There is Libertas and I’m joined now from Mullingar in County Westmeath in Ireland by their founder, Declan Ganley, who is actually standing in Ireland although he has candidates in many countries in these 27 nation European elections and also I am also joined here in the studio by the UK Independence Party’s leader, Nigel Farage, MEP. Why you rather than Libertas, Nigel?

NIGEL FARAGE: Libertas, I mean look, well done Declan Ganley for fighting the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland and the referendum, that’s good and I wish him well in his seat but the big difference is Declan Ganley believes in the EU and believes in membership of the EU, thinks it can be reformed and changed but that this treaty doesn’t take it in quite the right direction. That position is pretty much identical to that of David Cameron’s. Our position in UKIP is look, we want to trade with Europe, be friendly in Europe, co-operate with our next door neighbours but not be part of a political union and we are the only party offering that option.

ADAM BOULTON: Declan Ganley, you are pretty much the same as David Cameron only obviously less well known.

DECLAN GANLEY: Well we are very different to David Cameron and the Labour party. What Nigel is saying insofar as we are not against the European Union is correct, we’re not. The European Union needs dramatic reform, it needs it now. The fact is that the expense scandal that is going on in Brussels dwarfs that that is going on in the UK. In fact Nigel’s own party has had around a quarter of its members either investigated or indeed having been convicted of fraud and various other misdemeanours that are expense related. The fact is …

ADAM BOULTON: Whereas you … carry on.

DECLAN GANLEY: The fact is, is that Europe needs to be reformed, it needs to be reformed now. We have successfully defeated the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland, UKIP, the Tories, Labour, none of them have executed successful reform in the European Parliament. They talk about it, they talk a good game but they cannot deliver. We are running candidates across most of the member states of the European Union precisely because this is a numbers game, you need a significant number of seats in the European Parliament to be able to put the pressure on the Commission, which is ridiculously the only place that laws and regulations can be initiated. The fact is that the majority of the laws and regulations in the UK now come from Brussels, that now has to stop.

NIGEL FARAGE: Declan is right about the Commission … Declan is right about the Commission, it is the un-elected bureaucrats that make the laws.

ADAM BOULTON: The problem is you have been there with your colleagues in the European Parliament for five years, what have you achieved?

NIGEL FARAGE: Public opinion when I was first elected showed 25-30% of Britons thought we should be outside of the Union and have a simple trade deal. It is now 55-60% and what UKIP has done is to lead that argument, lead that debate and move the …

ADAM BOULTON: What have you actually done in Europe with a job and the money and the expenses that you’ve had?

NIGEL FARAGE: Oh goodness me, I exposed Commissioner Barrot as being a convicted embezzler, I am the only person in that parliament in the last ten years who has been able to get the entire commission on a motion of censure before the Parliament.

ADAM BOULTON: We heard David Cameron earlier saying you had voted to let Spanish fishermen into our waters.

NIGEL FARAGE: Amazing. Mr Cameron should check his facts. What the Tory party voted for was for 60% of the fish of the Shetland box to be caught by the French and Spanish fleets.

ADAM BOULTON: And how did you vote?

NIGEL FARAGE: We voted against it, we believe that 100% of the fish of the Shetland box should be caught by British fisherman and it is a bit rich for Mr Cameron, who turned his back on a CFP policy, to criticise us on fishing.

ADAM BOULTON: You did take part in a vote which allowed them in didn’t you?

NIGEL FARAGE: No, no, they were already in, it was a question of what allocation the British got and we thought that 40% in our territorial waters was not good enough.

ADAM BOULTON: Mr Ganley was also making the point there about politics as usual or possibly even worse as far as your MEPs are concerned. Two suspended, one …

NIGEL FARAGE: On expenses, on expenses, one. On expenses, one, who when it …

ADAM BOULTON: Mr Wise and Mr Mote.

NIGEL FARAGE: No, Mr Mote was an entirely separate issue. On expenses one and that person, even though when he was found to have done wrong he paid all the money back, we got rid of him immediately.

ADAM BOULTON: And you’ve got another one, Godfrey Bloom, who says he is Mr Clean, doesn’t employ his family, it turns out he employs his niece.

NIGEL FARAGE: Extraordinary, here is Godfrey Bloom who was given £20,000 of his daily allowances to charities, I don't think anyone is going to put a finger on him.

ADAM BOULTON: So why did he say he didn’t employ anyone from his family?

NIGEL FARAGE: He doesn’t employ his wife, he doesn’t employ his children, he employs a niece.

ADAM BOULTON: He employs a niece, okay. He also says anyone who employs a woman of child bearing age needs their head examined and he actually employs two women in their 20s.

NIGEL FARAGE: Well under, under the rules – and Alan Sugar agrees with that now too.

ADAM BOULTON: Let’s go back to Mr Ganley. Mr Ganley, how would you, if you do get into the European Parliament, would you take your expenses?

DECLAN GANLEY: We are going to publish our expenses on a quarterly basis online with full detailed receipted expenses. The fact is, is that it seems that many MEPs from the Labour party, from the Tory party, from UKIP, from the Liberals, seem to be in politics for money and not to serve the people. The fact is that right across Europe and very much in the UK, we want to ensure that the people of Britain get the opportunity to go in and vote for change and effective change delivered for the British people.

NIGEL FARAGE: They are all talking about change, they are all talking reform, we’ve had thirty years of talking about reform, it’s time we cut our links and got back to governing our own country.

DECLAN GANLEY: But the fact is that …

ADAM BOULTON: We are going to have to leave it there, thank you both very much indeed.

To see the original: LINK

Godfrey Bloom: Don't waste your vote on this sordid individual

Bloom has admitted visiting brothels. He has been most insensitive about the plight of trafficked women. He might have something to say about the time, in 2005, that he was picked up by Brussels police after he ran out of a brothel near Gare du Nord without paying for his champagne.... You might also ask him about the black lady who took him to a cashpoint that same night....

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Brothelvisit-Euro-MP-under-fire.1381786.jp

Given his attacks in bars on Richard Corbett and Ferdinand Koenig, Bloom's "biog" on Twitter is ironic:

"Urbane, witty, well informed and sensitive, even as he punches your lights out."

http://twitter.com/Goddersukip

Here, Annabelle Fuller (Bellatrix) refers to the flat in Brussels owned by Bloom's company, and used by Farage. So both stay in one flat, and both claim full expenses....?

http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/ukip-general-issues/49719-tom-wise-caught-notw-sting-2.html

Bellatrix
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 626

Don't talk rot. Farage and Godfrey rent out the flat which costs more than staying in cheap hotels.Just because you don't like Nigel doesn't mean he's breaking the rules.Tom Wise is not a UKIP MEP.

Here we see Bloom drunk "on duty". He boasts about his supremacy over east Europeans in the area of hedge funds. That would be the same hedge funds that contributed to the present economic crisis......... and the same hedge funds that contributed to Bloom's company being heavily criticised and fined by the FSA....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCICF7GKPFw