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Monday, September 20, 2004 

What's happened to the UKIP MEPs?

We have from time to time recently queried the almost complete lack of activity - let alone reasoned resistance to the EU from UKIP's MEPs. Even now the summer recess is long past the silence has been almost complete. Now from a source with good continental contacts I can at least report that the eleven are continuing as the three reportedly did before:-

Since the remarks by the Conservatives during the Euro-elections, referring to UKIP as "political gadflies", a group of UKIP MEPs have formed the "gadfly club", with meetings in a Strasbourg restaurant during the session to celebrate their notoriety.

Last week, a journalist from a major UK national newspaper accepted an invitation to attend the dinner, but was appalled to find himself listening to an "abusive speech" by Yorkshire MEP Godfrey Bloom, mostly insulting the journalist. He "slipped away quietly, trying to avoid a confrontation" and remarked later that it was "all a bit unpleasant, borish, and childish".

Later that night, a "tired and emotional" Bloom got into a fight at Murphy's and tried to punch Labour MEP Richard Corbett. It is the last time this journalist will sup with UKIP. Meanwhile, the UKIP MEPs are regarded as "English buffoons" in the European parliament, a bunch of clowns who do not have the first idea of what they are doing.

posted by Martin |3:47 PM
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