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What motivates the leaders of the United Kingdom Independence Party?


Tuesday, January 27, 2004 

BNP Infiltration? (continued)

The Financial Times Observer column returns to UKIP baiting this morning, having picked up on the possible UKIP/BNP electoral pact, which according to this item Farage is claiming as BNP infiltration.

The piece titled 'Mole hill' opens by pointing out how much more effective UKIP would be at fighting Brussels were it not always so busy fighting itself and goes on to report that another internal mole hunt has been launched following BNP claims of the pact. It continues:

The report of remarks allegedly made at a weekend meeting in Somerset "is nothing short of a lie", according to UKIP MEP Nigel Farage.

He adds: "We are used to them saying this because they think it will give them votes. Our voters are radically different from theirs."

He adds: "We think we know who the BNP infiltrator is but I shall say no more about that." A mountain out of a mole hunt, then?


The entire column can be read clicking here

UKIPUncovered has been following the the BNP/UKIP links most closely for many months and has always suspected that the origins can be traced back to a visit to Sedgefield Racetrack in December 2002 by Party Leader, Roger Knapman, and his Deputy, Mike Nattrass, which was curiously explained by Party Chairman Lott as follows:

"When the party leader travelled to the NE he attended two meetings - neither of which was to promote the UKIP but to obtain general publicity but without mentioning the name of UKIP."

As this writer asked on hearing this, 'How can one obtain publicity without mentioning the name of what you are promoting?' Further when I directly queried Roger Knapman about this meeting in mid-March 2003 he sounded somewhat perturbed that I knew of the Sedgefield December barbecue as my e-mail records for the period immediately before my MEP candidature suspension reflect.

We now have former UKIP MP candidate for Hexham, (the town in which co-incidentally we understand Chairman Lott made his UKIP debut) Dr Alan Patterson, launched as BNP Lead Candidate for the North East of England Region. We will, of course, be returning to that matter very soon.

posted by Martin |7:59 AM
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