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Saturday, January 31, 2004 

More Thoughts on UKIP/BNP Connections

Ten months ago this writer was disqualified as an MEP candidate, shortly after alerting members of the NEC to press reports regarding links between the BNP and UKIP, which seemed to him to carry considerable weight. This analysis from a party member was placed on an internet discussion group last evening and therefore comes as no surprise to the editor of this blog. The reasoning seems spot on and the evidence appears to be becoming ever more irrefutable:

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If there is one thing that I have learned from my many successful years in business management it is that it pays dividends to regularly step-back and systematically reappraise all the factors in play impacting the enterprise.
All too often good management and sound decision making suffers simply because of information overload - the inability "to see the wood for the trees" and, importantly, to react accordingly.

Applying the same technique to UKIP "PLC" I have arrived at a number of interesting, if not controversial, conclusions - conclusions that I defend as entirely justified in the light of recent events and revelations!

(1) Taken as a whole there are simple too many inferences from too many unconnected sources, which taken together with a great many "coincidences", argue in favour of the existence of a UKIP/BNP deal.

(2) It is incontrovertible that moderates/liberals are being purged, or otherwise driven, from the Party.

(3) Our stance on immigration/asylum-seeking and other policies has noticeably hardened - as has the rhetoric of our leadership. The overall effect is a gradual and deliberate repositioning of UKIP from the centre of the British political centre to the centre-right.

(4) From what I can discern, and have been told, the BNP is also gradually repositioning itself from the far-right of the British political spectrum to the centre-right.

(5) If we accept (1) and (2) to be correct then it can be inferred from (3) and (4) that a process of "convergence" is underway between the two parties. "Convergence", in the world of business, is usually regarded as a necessary precursor to merger!

Some people claim that a UKIP/BNP merger is a non-starter as it would not be acceptable to the membership. But we are talking merger and not take-over which implies and requires a common raft of acceptance! And I would add that there are a great many Chairmen who have no time for the current NEC but tolerate them out of political expediency - the same political expediency that would facilitate a merger I wonder?

So the question isn't whether there is, or isn't, a UKIP/BNP deal, I think we can take that as read - but, rather, where is the deal taking us?
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posted by Martin |12:05 PM
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