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What motivates the leaders of the United Kingdom Independence Party?


Thursday, October 28, 2004 

More threats and counterthreats!

The Scotsman has a very detailed story this evening on the latest twists in the raging battle at the top of the UK Independence Party. Their report is linked from here, and the following are some selected quotations:-

Mr Kilroy-Silk told PA News: “The party was virtually bankrupt and had very few members before I joined. Now we have thousands of members. I have voiced legitimate differences with the party and its response is to reach for the expulsion trigger.

“If they expelled me they would be pressing the self-destruct button.”

The former chat-show host renewed his attack on the party leadership, saying he had found it “embarrassing” to defend.

“I could not go on pretending we were a serious political party when we had an absent and invisible leader and no policies,” he said.

“I feel frustrated and guilty. I told the electorate we were a serious political party. But there is nothing there. My wife says I have carried out a fraud on the electorate.”



Later this critical item on the cowed and perpetually ineffectual National Executive Committee is made:-

The party’s ruling national executive committee will discuss Mr Kilroy-Silk’s recent actions on Monday. It is unlikely to move to expel him as that would require disciplinary action.

Disciplinary action is, of course, presently impossible; due to an oversight by the hard-pressed (and then recently much resigned) Party Secretary, to re-appoint the previous Disciplinary Panel, who had become known as the 'Kangaroo Court' during their earlier, and now happily terminated, period of office.

Please read our posting further down this page, to see the voting shenanigans that have already been perpetrated in this latest dispute. Farage and the Phone Poll, lots of numbers - 'how many times did you vote?'


posted by Martin |8:07 PM
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