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Monday, May 17, 2004

Court Challenge to snap NEC Elections

Some in the party have dubbed the suddenly proposed snap elections for the NEC as the "Farage Ballot Paper Elections"

Following the resignation of UKIP's Returning Officer Craig Mackinlay, and his accusations that the NEC elections had been compromised by leadership interference and attacks upon candidates who were out of favour with the ruling cabal, that same leadership is now likely to face legal action if it stages a quick election using the old ballot papers, papers which were removed by Nigel Farage and his employees and held by him against party rules.

Candidates were astonished to hear from the new Returning Officer Nikki
Sinclaire, who it is felt by some, bears a strong grudge against certain candidates, that she is planning to stage the NEC elections during the campaign for the European Elections (ie immediately).

She also plans to make adverse comments against candidates of whom she
disapproves and with whom she has been in dispute, including we understand Michael Harvey, the former General Secretary who is standing on a ticket to reform the party.

It is understood that this group sometimes called 'Reform UKIP' - or one of their number - has written privately to Nikki Sinclaire, making clear that her plans for the Farage Ballot Paper elections are unacceptable. It would appear that the group have made clear that if they do not receive satisfactory assurances about a fair election, that they will take legal action to have the result set aside.

"What is most unacceptable," commented one of the Reform candidates "is the idea of staging a contentious NEC election during our European Election campaign. It makes everyone concentrate upon the wrong things at the wrong time.

"And there is a most important principle involved here. Nigel Farage and his staff actually took the ballot papers away, they then refused to tell the Returning Officer where those papers were, and now they plan to use those papers for the election. It is extraordinarily corrupt and an example of what we are fighting to end in the party. As Nigel has been campaigning vigorously against some candidates, accusing them of being moles for other parties, extremists etc, it is outrageous that this election should have been compromised by him and his staff, and that now we are expected to accept that these Farage Ballot Papers - which we have not been allowed to see or look at - are being used."

We will follow developments on this and bring further reports and information as it becomes known. In the quoted statement above, note the irony of this sentence 'It is extraordinarily corrupt and an example of what we are fighting to end in the .......party' If only the last word had been 'EU' then maybe some sense might be seen to be returning to UKIP.

posted by Martin | 10:25 AM

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