Re: European Elections, UKIP Tops British Polls
Yeah, I don't personally know anyone that thinks pregnant working women should be fired, flooding is caused by gays, traffic on a motorway is caused by our 'open-door' immigration policy, guns should be legalised etc etc. but then I live in London and we generally point and laugh at the Kippers.
Farage says its a few rotten apples, but as I mentioned earlier, it is with such regularity that they cause controversy with pathetic attitudes that the whole ****ing apple tree is rotting from its roots.
I'm sure people do agree with their more colourful views, you only have to look at their FB page to read the bile their supporters write. And the party itself has been cute in highlighting buzzwords like immigration and EU constantly to gain support. But as Monkey mentioned earlier, they have no substance beyond that, they're actually a bit of a joke.
It's almost an MP a week that has to resign from major political parties because they've said something considered out of line.
Part of my disgust at British politics is the whole 'spin' and 'party line' bull-sh** that is actually fostered by the British media. Better not say anything remotely controversial or different, or make a badly thought-out comment, or a mistake, or be f***ing human. Otherwise you'll face a massive call to resign from the media.
You know what, you say traffic on a motorway is caused by an open-door immigration policy, well actually, that's just stupid. But what is not stupid is that our population is growing at a completely unsustainable rate, our services are at breaking point as a result, there isn't enough housing and our energy supply is so inadequate to cope with projected population growth that they predict regular blackouts in the next 25 years.
Part of the problem is immigration or rather, net-migration. It is at an unsustainable high and while the present government has managed to get non-EU immigration down to pre-2000 levels, while we remain in the EU, we basically have zero control over who comes here and if we don't get a handle on it, guess what, we will have to be like China and end up with a one-child per family policy as we are already one of the most densely populated countries in Europe, or we will be totally fu**ed.
The problem is none of the major parties will talk about this issue freely, for fear of the snearing liberals and the British press accusing them of all sorts.
UKIP are the first party to really expose this issue for the massive one it is. Yes, as a result they will attract unsavoury people, mainly ex--BNP supporters or voters, who have left the BNP as their influence and relevance has plummeted.
But Farage says things that needed to be said and breaks the norm and UKIP have been a much-needed breath of fresh air for British politics. Are they the people I want to run the country? No, they're not. But they might force the main political establishment to radically re-think their entire agenda and their opinion as to what the average British citizen actually thinks and wants.
Most British people are against mass-immigration, but that is exactly what we have been given. Most British people do not want to be a part of the EU, but guess what? We are. Oh, and if you complain about it? You're a fascist/racist/uneducated thug/white van man/little Englander. I really hope that UKIP give the major parties the scare of their lives in the next general election and I can't wait to see the British media coverage if they do. We need a shake-up. A big f***ing shake up. There's only one man in town that is going to give us that.
) In your experience are members of the community paying taxes in their jobs or is it cash-in-hand? Obviously not talking about the ones that are crims committing fraud!