There is no argument that UKIP make a balls up. The argument is how this is being treated, compared to the past.
This must rank as one of the most minor balls ups in the history of balls ups, yet the EC has come down on UKIP like a tonne of bricks.
That's the bit people are questioning, rightly. Why the sever punishment? After all the REAL scandals going on, such as cash for peerages, Lib Dems foreign based crooks, Tories using public assets for dinner fund raising etc, why does UKIP get the book thrown at it for this?
If Bown was a crook, or a foriegn national with no right to sway our elections or if UKIP did it on purpose for some sort of gain, then it would be understandable.
Maybe there is more to come, but as things stand it looks harsh, very harsh. To the point where it makes you suspicous.
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