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What motivates the leaders of the United Kingdom Independence Party?


Tuesday, September 28, 2004 

Labour's EU Leader senses real UKIP threat as pressure for Kilroy mounts

As pointed out in the posting below, there is now a growing feeling within the country (if not yet within the party) that UKIP will soon have the kind of leadership the the hardworking and dedicated eurorealist movement in Britain really deserves.

This report from 'Political News' (linked here) on the Labour Party conference shows how Labour are now blanching at that prospect! A quote:-

.... he (Gary Titley- ed.) reserved most of his ire for UKIP who he referred to as the "BNP in suits and with posh accents" and a "collection of paranoid and backwards middle Englanders".

In a later passage of the speech, he said the battle for the country was beginning and made a further thinly veiled reference to UKIP in which, without mentioning them by name, he said that the "blatant racism that we saw from some parties in the European elections is not only a national disgrace, it is a recipe for destroying our country".

The battle, Mr Titley said, is now between those who want to hide from the modern world and those who want to embrace it. He added: "Isolationism will not halt globalisation, it will only condemn us to the margins."

The strength of his comments mark a change in Labour's attitude to UKIP, whom it has previously simply dismissed.

Responding to the comments, UKIP spokesman Quintin Williamson told politics.co.uk that the comment about "backwards middle Englanders" was an "old jibe" that "no-one believes".

He went on to say, there is "nothing backward about trying to take control of our own domestic, defence and environmental issues".

posted by Martin |4:59 PM
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