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Friday, February 27, 2004

Questions for UKIP's New Party Secretary

I happen to belong to an internet forum on which the new UKIP Party Secretary is also a member. I have taken that opportunity to put some questions to her, which I believe might be a start to restoring the party's dreadful reputation referred to last evening in the posting immediately beneath this.

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We have been told by Nikki Sinclaire on this forum, how much she abhors racism and extremist parties. I would remind her of parts of the declaration to be signed by all MEP candidates in the upcoming European elections on 10th June, 2004.

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2. I have never engaged in or advocated or condoned racist, violent, criminal or anti-democratic activity nor have I ever been a member of or had any links with any such organisation or group association with which the National Executive Committee considers is likely to bring the Party into disrepute.

5. I shall notify the Party immediately should any circumstance which affects this declaration arise during my time as a Candidate/Elected member and I understand that failure to disclose any material fact may result in removal from the Party's list of approved candidates.
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Yesterday evening I blogged this quote which appeared on another internet forum:

"Pensioner poverty and the council tax shouldn't be highjacked by an odious Rightwingers like UKIP or the mail!"

We can identify at least some of those named by the press as falling into that category. In a report dated Sunday 21st May 2000 written by Jay Rayner in 'The Observer' entitled 'Far Right invades anti-Europe party' the following is stated and remains today to be read on the internet:-

"Dennis Delderfield, leader of the avowedly racist far-right party New Britain, states that 'suburb after suburb and town after town across the land have been taken over by Asians, Africans and Afro-Caribbeans ... In the not too distant future they will have direct control in many areas.'

And further on continues: "four of the party's current senior officers had once been members of Delderfield's New Britain, which advocated repatriation of immigrants. The four are the party's new leader, MEP Jeffrey Titford, chairman Michael Natrass, party secretary ......."

The first two mentioned are of course lead candidates in the upcoming election. Did they make known their previous membership in the New Britain Party, and if they do not consider that organisation racist, why have they not taken steps to have the above statements retracted by the newspaper. Does the NEC not consider one-time membership of the New Britain Party inconsistent with the above pledges?

If UKIP wishes to make a start at rectifying the odious image it now carries within the British press and increasingly the general public, first steps might be to remove those MEP candidates with past associations such as those above.

Any wishing to read 'The Observer' article will find it from this link:

'Far Right invades anti-Europe party'
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posted by Martin |10:08 AM