Only one extra thing from the Eastleigh by-election might have caused my champagne flute to overflow and that would have been a UKIP win. Still, I'll settle for them taking second and grinding Dave's nose into the mud of third place. This ineffably stupid, ex-PR man, stuffed as he is with what he believes to be his sophisticated metro opinions, deserves the humiliation which will follow the Eastleigh result. The party he described as a bunch of "fruit cases, nutters and closet racists" has beaten him despite the Tory party throwing everything they had at the campaign including, not one, but two personal visits from Dave himself. The voters of Eastleigh have just tipped a bucket of offal over his dim-witted head but such is his smug certitude that I doubt he even notices. However, the rest of his party will take note, particularly all those Tory MPs sitting on low majorities, and even those with comfortable majorities will now realise that they have no chance of forming a Tory government in 2015. This year's Tory party conference could prove to be very interesting - if blood sports are your thing!
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Friday, 01 March 2013
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Anyone who thinks the Eastleigh result was just about the EU is kidding themselves. It was also about:
Immigration
Gay Marriage
Gigantic white windmills
Rapacious taxation
Benefits for people who have never contributed to the national pot; many of whom have no intention of ever doing so.
13 years of war of no benefit to us; waged on behalf of people who don’t like us.
Pandering to the beliefs of immigrants; people who don’t like us.
The total unaccountability of public sector organisations.
The casual attitude towards criminality by some MPs.
Whatever might be said about UKIP, they are not responsible for any of these things.
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Friday, 01 March 2013 at 11:44
"Whatever might be said about UKIP, they are not responsible for any of these things."
True, but quite a lot of these things are addressed in UKIP's policies and general positioning.
It ain't just about the EU.
Oh and btw, "Immigration, Gay Marriage, Gigantic white windmills" are all, at least in part, a result of our EU membership.
Posted by: Andrew Duffin | Friday, 01 March 2013 at 12:28
I don't dispute either point you make Andrew. However, I believe that many of them could be tackled by the current government in spite of us being in the EU. It's just a matter of will.
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Friday, 01 March 2013 at 14:44