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Thursday, June 19, 2003

W Chrystal's Resignation letter from the MEP Candidate List for the NE and from UKIP

In view of the outrageous decision at yesterday's kangaroo disciplinary hearing when three stalwarts of the NE Regional Committee (dissolved) were banned from holding office in the party (see post just below) for the next eighteen months, ( and in view of continuing difficulties with our archive files) we have decided to re-post the above letter dated 25th April 2003 which first appeared on these pages five days later:-
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To Roger Knapman UKIP Party Leader

Sir,
I have been in many organisations through my life and been in many peculiar situations, but none as I now find myself.
The infighting in the party has really got out of hand; to such an extent that it would seem that the party chiefs do not have the backbone to sort this.
It would appear that certain members of the party in the north East are hell bent on being the candidate for Europe, and after the farce that was supposed to be the inaugural meeting of the Durham branch, I can see why. I will not beat about the bush for it is not in my nature and I believe that you should be aware of the facts from someone who is neutral in the conflict.
The trouble seems to be centred around Peter Troy and his cohorts. I have already written about this, and indeed for some reason have only had one official reply which did not even answer my questions, and one phone call from one supposed senior official asking me to pour oil on troubled waters. Mr. Troy has and is repeatedly using the members of the F.S.B. for his own ends i.e. the Hartlepool office for which you pay was an accountants office, A Member of the FSB. The man that owns it is still there! There are many such annonomilys, which it would seem, require investigation, It would seem to me that for some reason your party leaders are afraid of him, and we that were the NE are not worthy of your attention except when it suits, but as usual in your organisation as in others you don’t have the bottle to sort it, but alter your rules to suit yourselves
It really is a shame that the N.E. region and the party workers here will no longer be a part of what would and should have been the best thing to happen to politics in the NE in a hundred years because the people in high places don’t listen to the workers! (G. Orwell Animal Farm)
I have resigned from the F.S.B because of Troy’s workings, and have therefore decided that I cannot have my name associated with people of this ilk.
For the above reasons I tender my resignation from party.
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The bold print was not in the original but added by us today, because of their particular pertinence to yesterday's totally disgusting travesty of justice These were the accusations made to UKIP's Leader some two months ago, and as stated not for the first time. They were, to repeat

1) The trouble seems to be centred around Peter Troy and his cohorts.

2) Mr. Troy has and is repeatedly using the members of the F.S.B. for his own ends i.e. the Hartlepool office for which you pay was an accountants office, A Member of the FSB. The man that owns it is still there! .

3) It would seem to me that for some reason your party leaders are afraid of him.

AND OF COURSE, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN REFUTED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE.

I believe, but stand to be corrected on this point and will apologise if told I am wrong, that the person concerned in item number 2) above was Paul Nugent who also joined Troy and Williamson in making the complaint heard yesterday.

Those innocent party members who have become victims of Troy's manipulations in the North of England have known what has been going on for years. It is time the vast majority of UKIP members who are to be found further South were informed of the facts behind what their party has been allowed to become!

posted by Martin |2:57 PM