UKIP - One member's epiphany

#1 · 14-05-2014 04:22PM #1

Hey y'all - I got a good one:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-27399841

A prominent member of UKIP's youth wing has resigned from the party, accusing it of descending into a "form of racist populism"

Let me get this straight. She is British of Asian extraction*, and she had to join UKIP to find out that they are allegedly racist and populist.

Wow. I wonder how she'll manage at her exams...

* from what I can tell

EDIT: 'Last week, UKIP leader Nigel Farage said the party was "not racist" '
I stand corrected. Apparently they're not racist.

My name is URL · 14-05-2014 04:25PM

What's with all the BNP / UKIP threads lately?

We have enough racists and bigots in our own government!

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/15/world.race

orangesoda · 14-05-2014 04:26PM

can we not start a gaa thread or something at this time of year?

Duckworth_Luas · 14-05-2014 04:29PM

orangesoda wrote: »

can we not start a gaa thread or something at this time of year?

There's probably one more rugby bashing thread left before it changes to GAA bashing season in AH!

R P McMurphy · 14-05-2014 04:38PM

My name is URL wrote: »

What's with all the BNP / UKIP threads lately?

We have enough racists and bigots in our own government!

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/15/world.race

I had forgotten about that incident. He should have resigned for that

Oink · 14-05-2014 04:41PM

My name is URL wrote: »

What's with all the BNP / UKIP threads lately?

We have enough racists and bigots in our own government!

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/15/world.race

tbh I was more interested in the student suddenly switching on her brains rather than in whatever ukip is up to these days...

D1stant · 14-05-2014 04:43PM

Oink wrote: »

Let me get this straight. She is British of Asian extraction*, and she had to join UKIP to find out that they are allegedly racist and populist.

Yeah well - maybe not the brightest but you pay peanuts you get monkeys. But that's the UK for you

In Ireland we pay top dollar for our politicians, which ensures that eh....

Look! A squirrel

jimgoose · 14-05-2014 04:44PM

In fairness now there's nothing in "United Kingdom Independence Party" that indicates that it might be about racism, Ted. Something similar happened to me years ago when I got talked into joining the "Pioneers". Sure I was half-way across furkan Oklahoma in a covered wagon before it dawned on me that it was about booze.

D1stant · 14-05-2014 04:45PM

R P McMurphy wrote: »

I had forgotten about that incident. He should have resigned for that

Yes. It was an awful joke

My name is URL · 14-05-2014 04:48PM

Oink wrote: »

tbh I was more interested in the student suddenly switching on her brains rather than in whatever ukip is up to these days...

I'd say there's quite a few people that get involved with UKIP at a young age without really realising that they may be racist. People have in fact been kicked out of the party for publicly voicing their bigotry, so you could almost forgive folk for assuming that perhaps the party isn't as xenophobic etc as the media makes out.

They are of course, but there's plenty of gullible voters that would take their word that they aren't. I mean they're mainly anti-EU.. and there are millions of people in the UK that are too.. and not to many options for them when it comes to choosing a party.

Oink · 14-05-2014 04:54PM

My name is URL wrote: »

I'd say there's quite a few people that get involved with UKIP at a young age without really realising that they may be racist. People have in fact been kicked out of the party for publicly voicing their bigotry, so you could almost forgive folk for assuming that perhaps the party isn't as xenophobic etc as the media makes out.

They are of course, but there's plenty of gullible voters that would take their word that they aren't. I mean they're mainly anti-EU.. and there are millions of people in the UK that are too.. and not to many options for them when it comes to choosing a party.

I get your point, sometimes you get fooled into voting for people etc.

But to actually JOIN the flippin' party and THEN discover that? Seriously? How did she pick the party, did she just like the name or wha? The flyer had pretty colours?

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