tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post5450773653231816143..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: This is what happens ....Helenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-37543063834063446022012-05-27T21:13:41.017+01:002012-05-27T21:13:41.017+01:00@Bruce Robbins:
It is that slow, too steady progr...@Bruce Robbins:<br /><br />It is that slow, too steady progress that is the problem. Being an ex-Chair of a branch I have seen at first hand those in the hierachy more content to cement their own positions than be interested in change.<br /><br />Example 1: Last year, while still a member, I attende a meeting on the appointment of a new County Organiser. This meeting was attended by the Regional Organiser for the South East and afterwards I made the offer that I would travel round all branches in Oxon to talk about Electoral Law and Campaigning, the latter which I had done with the Conservative Party when Vice Chair of a Berkshire branch - having seen their modus operandi close up - it works. The offer was greeted with little enthusiasm and I was informed he would contact me. That was nearly a year ago!<br /><br />It is a fact that Ukip's website is a joke, likewise their administration and again when suggestions have been made, they have have totally ignored.<br /><br />Yes, Farage is 'likeable' but he repeats the same old speech and uses the same old phrases - I have lost count of the number of times I have heard the 'cigarette paper' analogy........!<br /><br />The cynic in me says that Farage and Ukip are the permitted opposition, permitted by the Lib/Lab/Con on the basis that he does not try too hard!<br /><br />Ukip 'crow' about their polling 8/9% - hells bells, with the public mood at the moment on matters EU, immigration, law & order, etc; Ukip should be polling well into the 20's percentage wise. Patrick O'Flynn of the Express is not much help either!WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-35709683048965521532012-05-26T16:55:03.195+01:002012-05-26T16:55:03.195+01:00OK, if not UKIP then who else? Farage has the like...OK, if not UKIP then who else? Farage has the likeability factor which is important for a leader and the party has been making steady, if slow, progress. It's not easy for a party to gain traction in the UK when the Big Three have most of the bases covered as far as unthinking people are concerned. UKIP also has policies the country needs and which are proving attractive to Tory voters but it is obviously not easy to persuade Tories to give up their allegiance although Cameron is helping in that regard and the gradual implosion of the EU isn't harming. In my opinion, UKIP is making progress towards that critical mass at which point it will start picking up the odd seat here and there. Once that starts I genuinely believe there will be a snowball effect as Tories realise who better represents their - and the nation's - interests.Bruce Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13888340033630703603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-64101669801555357542012-05-26T00:05:06.918+01:002012-05-26T00:05:06.918+01:00Sadly, WfW you are right.Sadly, WfW you are right.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-22523105256834694322012-05-25T17:56:10.298+01:002012-05-25T17:56:10.298+01:00Helen, As I posted Farage is Ukip and Ukip is Fara...Helen, As I posted Farage is Ukip and Ukip is Farage - and that is the way it will remain. It has become a vehicle for his personal glorification and achieving publicity.<br /><br />The administration is a joke, the people in positions of being able to do anything about it are sycophants of Farage - and likewise a joke.<br /><br />Neither does anyone among the hierachy wish to discuss the obvious shortfalls. It was for that reason that I did not renew my membership.WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-25208725799382164542012-05-25T16:38:34.139+01:002012-05-25T16:38:34.139+01:00NF makes statement of denial. See bloggers4ukip.b...NF makes statement of denial. See bloggers4ukip.blogspot.co.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com