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What motivates the leaders of the United Kingdom Independence Party?


Monday, April 19, 2004 

Another Fine Mess

I first got into a this confused situation with UKIP when I read a newspaper report that an ex-UKIP member in Darlington, announced his candidature for the local council and around the same time made a statement that he would be supporting both the BNP and the UK Independence Party. The newspaper link is still availbale form the first posting on this blog, and everything between that post and this, can pretty well be said to have been a direct consequence of that strange statement.

Now over the weekend, as posted and linked here on Sunday, we have Tony Martin saying the exact same thing, though this time with all the notoriety that attaches to his name as a burglar slayer - and in a national Sunday paper to boot. What on earth can be going on?

I have been trying to discover who might be to blame and of course it seems it is the incompetent leadership cabal once again.

Last autumn, the UKIP leadership failed to inform most of the NEC that they were planning to have Tony Martin as a guest speaker at the conference. Some were told the day before. A handful of NEC members including Damian Hockney, Tony Scholefield and Craig Mackinlay expressed severe reservations. Damian Hockney stated in the NEC (held the day before conference): "Firstly what do we know of this guy. I have members who will be horrified that we are having him as a guest of honour, irrespective of my personal feelings. He seems honest and straightforward, but he has killed someone. What has this to do with the EU and our aim of getting us out of the EU?" Others were far more hostile. But the leadership would hear of no going back. It was, apparently, as so oten over the past year presented as a fait accompli.

Now of course Tony Martin has come out and said he supports the BNP and has been to their meetings...and as icing on the cake, according to the SundayTelegraph it appears he has an uncle who was a founder member of the National Front.

What reaction has there been from the party? What is their position on Martin's statement and membership? If we learn anything we will post it here.

posted by Martin |5:12 PM
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