UKIP Uncovered

UKIP Uncovered
What motivates the leaders of the United Kingdom Independence Party?

Friday, May 28, 2004

Tory Panic, Labour Lies - Eurosceptic Common Sense!

The Scotsmanlinked here has an account of a leaked Conservative Central Office leaflet for Tory EU candidates to counter the UKIP advance, while Jack Straw is reported to be spinning to absurdity:-

UKIP don’t stand up for Britain and offer no real alternative to the EU, the document says.

The Eurosceptics are a divided party that peddle conspiracy theories and can’t deliver, according to the Tories.

A vote for UKIP gives more power to Brussels by helping Labour or the Liberal Democrats, they say.

Finally candidates are urged to stress: “Only the Conservative Party can make a difference.

“Only the Conservative Party stands up for those who do not want to have an EU constitution and sign up to a distant and undemocratic federal Europe.

“Only the Conservatives will put Britain first – because we believe Britain should be in Europe, not run by Europe.”

Mr Straw said: “It is clear the Tories are descending into panic ...

“The document that Conservative Central Office has just sent to its candidates and MPs reveals the depth of Tory panic.

“UKIP is now seen as a mounting threat to Tory voters.

Tory Desperation indeed - its the old IN EUROPE NOT RUN BY EUROPE nonsense we thought had gone with William Hague! These grounds for attack do not only not contain the slightest suggestion of having any substance, they betray the fact that whoever drew them up has neither the slightest sense of strategy, nor grasp of the real issues!

Jack Straw the Foreign Secretary and proven serial liar on the matter of the EU Constitution, while effectively mocking the pathetic insubstantial Tory attack, quickly descends to the depths of ludicrousness himself with these comments:-

“UKIP is now seen as a mounting threat to Tory voters.

“But Michael Howard has only himself to blame for UKIP’s brand of right-wing populism.

“By moving the Tory Party to the right and by adopting a harder anti-European position of his own, he has created space for UKIP to move into.

“This is what happens when a party leader plays fast and loose with Britain’s interests by claiming that he wants to keep this country inside the European Union whilst pandering to those who want to force the UK out.”

So according to the clearly befuddled Straw, Howard has moved 'right' making space for the 'populist right wing UKIP' to fill the space - seems there must be much room in the centre for Dickheads like Jack to have room to breathe. Might provide a chance for him to gather his wits.

Contrary to Straw's clearly ridiculous analysis, Howard, by subjugating his party to the ultra-federalist, German Christian Democrat led European Peoples Party is now almost as deeply treacherous to the interests of the independence of the nation as is Jack Straw's New-Labour Party, bound hand and foot to the similarly Euro-Federalist European Socialists Group.

No major party list is worthy of a vote in the European election of 10th June. We have made that case for months - now the major parties are making it for themselves.

posted by Martin |8:26 PM