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What motivates the leaders of the United Kingdom Independence Party?


Thursday, March 18, 2004 

UKIP and its Corrupted MEPs

It is now almost a truism: "Any who go to the EU, become corrupt."

UKIP had its disagreements in its formative years as to whether or not the party should put up candidates for the European Parliamen, at first it decided NO, then after some internal disputations it decided YES. Today the party has three MEPs all of whom are seeking re-election as Lead UKIP Candidates in their respective areas.

It was on 4th May last year when this blog first made a posting on this complex topic, highlighting the difficulties that might be incurred by Nigel Farage as a result of his computer having been stolen: Reselecting UKIP's Sitting Meps. The Daily Telegraph article reporting the Prince of Wales potential for embaraasment from this incident may be read from here.

I suggested to the party that one possibility for the party to consider to overcome the huge campaigning difficulties that would be bound to be suffered as a result of the endemic Brussels' corruption and UKIP's MEP Candoidates' benefits from it, might be to have them move down the list by one place after each successful election. Failure to win two regional seats might then provide new sitting MEPs and high-profile ex-MEPs to fight the all important Westminster General Election.

In a proposal I then put to the party regarding removal of this blog, which was just beginning to cause the ruling cabal some embarassment, I formalised this idea. The details of that proposal were published on the blog on 19th September and may be read from this link to a post titled 'Reforming UKIP' which sets out my detailed proposals.

Time has moved on, of course, and some of those ideas and suggestions seem no longer valid, but new and more revelant ones could always be discussed. I am available to give whatever input any in UKIP solely concerned with UKIP's survival as a party existing to restore sovereignty to Westminster might request.

In the campaign ahead UKIP will not be really able to maximise the campaigning benefits from the 'truism' spelt out in this post's opening sentence, if we are led by three of the overpaid and over-perked and overly expensed members of the past European Parliament within the party's ranks ! Especially not with a thoroughly disgraced leadership still directing the party!

posted by Martin |7:53 AM
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