What, indeed! This must be the question resonating around Tory Party Headquarters at the moment. The LibDems have proved to be more of a hindrance than a help, Ken Clarke is proof positive that MPs should retire at the age of sixty five and the leader of the Party is deaf and blind to the patently obvious. They are stuck in a quagmire of their own making. To blame the previous Administration for the ills of the country just will not wash anymore. Sure, they may have fed the fires of the fiscal malaise but the Tory medicine seems to be ineffective at bringing down the fever.
Similar concerns must be bouncing of the walls of One Brewer’s Green, in London. The Labour Party completely failed on Thursday to capitalise on the misery of the Conservatives and LibDems at the Local Elections. The whole Opposition Front Bench refused to acknowledge the anger of the Electorate. Like the Conservatives, they had the numbers and percentages from their experts and blindly carried on, telling the Public how well they had done and how much better it would be under them.
“Let’s face it, the figures show an increase in support of x%.... waffle, waffle, waffle”
Who cares? They fail to realise that we are sick and tired of being treated like idiots. Sick and tired of being lied to and sick and tired of pointless rhetoric. Ask a modern-day politician a question but don’t expect an answer. Here is an example of what I imagine to be the situation should you be unfortunate enough to have to ask Nick Clegg the time.
Me: “What is the time Mr Clegg?”
Clegg: “We, in the Liberal Democrat Party, have constantly argued that Greenwich Meantime be universally accepted and not tampered with by outside forces.”
Me: “Yes, but what is the time, Mr Clegg?”
Clegg: “As I said, we have constantly argued....’
Me: “I’m sorry Mr Clegg, but I’m running late. Just answer the question. What is the time?”
Clegg: “Well, that is what I am trying to do. We are to the West of the International Date Line and this has great bearing on the time in the UK....”
Me: “Thank you Mr Clegg, you have been most obstructive!.”
I singled out Clegg but I don’t necessarily think that he is the worst culprit. They are all at it and it must cost millions of hard earned taxpayers money to train these people in 'non-speak'. Which is just another way of lying to the Public. A classic example being Cameron's 'cast iron guarantee of an in/out referendum on the EU if the Conservatives come to power in 2010.'
Complete tosh! As was his reason for not giving said referendum. The man simply cannot be trusted. Which leads to the bigger question, can he be trusted to lead the country? I think we all know the answer to that but now would be a disastrous time for a Tory leadership battle. Disastrous for the Conservatives and disastrous for the country.
The people have made it quite clear that they want change and are tired of being short-changed by a political elite who have self-interest at heart. Using the infamous non-speak the Labour Party, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat Party will point out that UKIP only gained 25% of the 30% who voted in the Local Elections. Making great play on the fact that only one quarter of the votes went to UKIP and that it was a low turnout. They will however admit that lessons will be learned whilst not intending to do anything.
Non-speak, the first lesson and they have yet to learn it!
Call me Dave has now decided that we, in UKIP, are not loonies, fruitcakes or clowns. Probably because he was on the receiving end of a right Royal bollocking from Norman Tebbit. Non-the-less we in UKIP should not be complacent. There are lessons which we have to learn now that we are considered to be a force on the British political scene. Not least from Canada and Denmark. Both countries had a major shift in politics driven by the perceived staleness of domestic policy and abject political arrogance.
The Reform Party of Canada and the Dansk Folkeparti of Denmark were both formed on a right of centre platform. As such they split the Conservative vote which gave the Opposition Parties of both countries a golden opportunity to gain and, remain in power longer than they would normally be expected to.
This is where we in UKIP need to box clever. Undeniably we have split the Conservative vote and, in many areas, decimated the LibDems but we should be wary of the elephant in the room. Miliband may be a bad choice as leader of the Opposition but he and his cronies would be disastrous as the Governing Party in this country.
What am I saying? I am saying that I am advocating caution, the thought of another Labour Government bent on destroying our identity and kowtowing to an ever expanding EU makes me sick to my stomach. There is an awful lot of hard work to be done between now and 2015 and along each step of the way there will be distractions. Hurdles put there by a political elite who are skilled in deception, dirty tricks, subterfuge, etc.
One of the hardest tasks will be to convince die-hard Labour voters to switch to UKIP. Next will be to convince the apathetic voter to vote for UKIP. This may prove to be harder than persuading the Labourites to switch. New Labour under Blair realised the importance of a small Electorate and he fostered voter apathy because of it.
Above all we have to get our own house in order, stop the in-fighting, vet new members and weed out existing troublemakers. Publish policies that will stand up to Public scrutiny and promote a positive message to the young, the next generation of voter. They will be our sustainability for the future.
The media, by and large, are still wary of us. 'Fly-by-nights', 'flash-in-the-pan', I think we can live with that. For now at least!. We must never forget though that we live in a digital age and news - good and bad- can go around the Globe in seconds. We need the media on our side and for that we need good PR. Remember, 'clean' is not sensational, 'dirt' sells advertising space and newspapers. The biggest slur against us is that we are racist (dirt), we have to show that we are not even when the question is asked in a myriad of ways. Box clever, stay on your feet and be aware of the opposition.
I'm proud to be a member of the UKIP and I want to see a UKIP government, whether it will happen in my lifetime, I don't know. I do know that I will work my socks off to make it happen.
Thank you to all who made Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 such a success for UKIP and such a disaster for the established political elite. We gave them a bloody nose and put ourselves well and truly onto the British Political Map. Now, let us sanguinate their votes.
The Reform Party of Canada and the Dansk Folkeparti of Denmark were both formed on a right of centre platform. As such they split the Conservative vote which gave the Opposition Parties of both countries a golden opportunity to gain and, remain in power longer than they would normally be expected to.
This is where we in UKIP need to box clever. Undeniably we have split the Conservative vote and, in many areas, decimated the LibDems but we should be wary of the elephant in the room. Miliband may be a bad choice as leader of the Opposition but he and his cronies would be disastrous as the Governing Party in this country.
What am I saying? I am saying that I am advocating caution, the thought of another Labour Government bent on destroying our identity and kowtowing to an ever expanding EU makes me sick to my stomach. There is an awful lot of hard work to be done between now and 2015 and along each step of the way there will be distractions. Hurdles put there by a political elite who are skilled in deception, dirty tricks, subterfuge, etc.
One of the hardest tasks will be to convince die-hard Labour voters to switch to UKIP. Next will be to convince the apathetic voter to vote for UKIP. This may prove to be harder than persuading the Labourites to switch. New Labour under Blair realised the importance of a small Electorate and he fostered voter apathy because of it.
Above all we have to get our own house in order, stop the in-fighting, vet new members and weed out existing troublemakers. Publish policies that will stand up to Public scrutiny and promote a positive message to the young, the next generation of voter. They will be our sustainability for the future.
The media, by and large, are still wary of us. 'Fly-by-nights', 'flash-in-the-pan', I think we can live with that. For now at least!. We must never forget though that we live in a digital age and news - good and bad- can go around the Globe in seconds. We need the media on our side and for that we need good PR. Remember, 'clean' is not sensational, 'dirt' sells advertising space and newspapers. The biggest slur against us is that we are racist (dirt), we have to show that we are not even when the question is asked in a myriad of ways. Box clever, stay on your feet and be aware of the opposition.
I'm proud to be a member of the UKIP and I want to see a UKIP government, whether it will happen in my lifetime, I don't know. I do know that I will work my socks off to make it happen.
Thank you to all who made Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 such a success for UKIP and such a disaster for the established political elite. We gave them a bloody nose and put ourselves well and truly onto the British Political Map. Now, let us sanguinate their votes.
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