Originally posted by Richard Barrett
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Not like the rest at all ?
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Originally posted by Richard Barrett View PostMoving right on... as I said it shouldn't really matter to Farage et al. what the percentage of EU laws affecting life in the UK is because extracting the UK from the EU isn't going to change it. Regarding UKIP's policy towards immigration, I don't believe that they have any objection to "big business benefitting from, and demanding a plentiful supply of labour to keep operating costs down" - various of them seem quite happy to use immigrant labour themselves, as we've seen recently, and I would imagine that their general attitude towards big business is to lick its corporate behind just like the major parties do.
So in the end what it's all about is whipping up prejudice against foreigners for no reason other than that they're foreign, right? And whether Farage himself is or isn't a racist (I have the impression it rather depends on who he's talking to), this policy surely encourages racism. Which is why I think it's entirely legitimate to see UKIP as a symptom of a tendency towards racism and far-right politics in Europe. IMO this is a far more serious problem than whether Britain is or isn't in the EU.
I think that you are right that UKIP would fall into the same power relationship with big business that befalls all governments; but that's not saying much, is it?
You can place UKIP into any scheme you want, doesn't mean you are right in so doing. Talking about tendencies towards racism and far right politics in Europe is a distraction, not the finger-on-the-pulse thinking, you think it is. The UKIP is hardly a racist party and it's not far-right.
I would agree with you that there are bigger political issues than the UK leaving the EU. Racism is certainly a world-wide issue that must be addressed. We are also facing the biggest challenge to free-expression, individual freedom, liberty and democracy, since The Third Reich, in the form of a globally organised highly militant Islamist and takfiri movement. The current situation in Iraq, for example, is shocking. At least we can agree on that.
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostLeaving the EU will enable the UK to determine its own laws, through its own parliament as before, rather than being 100% tied into the requirements of what our legislation should look like.
WE ARE EUROPEANS
You should realise that
LISTEN TO MUSIC FFS
The UKIP is hardly a racist party
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Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostNice to see that fantasy is alive and well
WE ARE EUROPEANS
You should realise that
LISTEN TO MUSIC FFS
I'm sure YOU aren't but there are many who are drawn to the kippers because there are plenty of racists in the party.
I believe that the UKIP has dealt with each and every case, as it has come up, in a professional and appropriate way. Whilst I do worry about the number of odd-balls, low-voltage racists, homophobic attitudes etc, that the party I'll be voting for attracts, I am pleased with the party's response.
If the UKIP ceases to expel undesirables, I will not be voting for them.
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostYou have to be realistic. Any right-wing political party will attract its fair share of people who have an irrational approach to race. It goes with the territory. The real test comes when the party has to deal with these people, and all eyes will be on the party's response. And quite rightly.
I believe that the UKIP has dealt with each and every case, as it has come up, in a professional and appropriate way. Whilst I do worry about the number of odd-balls, low-voltage racists, homophobic attitudes etc, that the party I'll be voting for attracts, I am pleased with the party's response.
If the UKIP ceases to expel undesirables, I will not be voting for them.
As Ukip mount a challenge to the Tories in the Newark by-election, their apparent inability to stop local candidates going embarrassingly off-script has caught up with them again. And once again, the party…
Sir Ian McKellen's comment on this was "I think Mr Farage needs to get out more". Sir Ian is both gay and over seventy.
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Originally posted by Beef Oven! View PostYou have to be realistic. Any right-wing political party will attract its fair share of people who have an irrational approach to race. It goes with the territory.
(what is a party's "fair share" of racists?)
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Originally posted by jean View PostBeefy does have these flashes of insight every so often...why on earth does he continue to vote for them?
given his (rather fine in many ways) taste in music I doubt he gets much chance to discuss that with his fellow herrings
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Originally posted by Flosshilde View Post(what is a party's "fair share" of racists?)It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by Flosshilde View PostIt does rather conjour up the vision of a party saying "That's not fair - we haven't got as many racists as we should have."
Perhaps there's a European regulation about how many racists a party should have?
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Originally posted by Flosshilde View PostWell of course it does, when that party's policies & pronouncements encourage them. If UKIP & Farage weren't so focussed on immigration then perhaps they wouldn't attract the racists?
(what is a party's "fair share" of racists?)
Immigration is not taboo, it can be talked about these days. The UKIP isn't 'focused' on immigration, it welcomes a sensible, managed approach.
'Fair share' is about what the UKIP has to contend with, at the moment.
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Originally posted by Flosshilde View PostIt does rather conjour up the vision of a party saying "That's not fair - we haven't got as many racists as we should have."
Perhaps there's a European regulation about how many racists a party should have?
Many other things are prescribed for us by the EU so, who knows?
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