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Popeye · 21-10-2007, 12:56 PM

I recently attended a UKIP PPC selection meeting when election fever was in the air - until Bottler decided he probably wouldn't win a November election and promptly called it off. There were two constituencies up for grabs, one being fought over by two contenders and the other by just one. The sole candidate was selected on a landslide vote of 6 - 0, the other by the slightly less emphatic margin of 1 - 0. Happily the beaten candidate accepted defeat gracefully and didn't demand a recount. The problem, though, is obvious: no-one outside the party takes UKIP serously. Not only did almost nobody turn up, but there was also a complete absence of swivel eyed federalists, anti fascists, Marxists, anti racists, veggies, greens and/or Guardian readers besieging the meeting and trying to set fire to those inside in the name of the People, unlike what regularly happens to a certain other party with far greater mass appeal (although nobody admits to supporting them). Until UKIP starts to seriously **** these people off (Ok, veggies are alright, I'm a part time one myself) and starts to appeal to the masses by explaining in detail how the EU and big government is affecting their lives and particularly their pockets rather than banging on about faceless bureaucrats, national vetos and loss of sovereignty it won't get anywhere. So there.

21-10-2007, 12:56 PM	#12 (permalink)
Popeye Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 226	I recently attended a UKIP PPC selection meeting when election fever was in the air - until Bottler decided he probably wouldn't win a November election and promptly called it off. There were two constituencies up for grabs, one being fought over by two contenders and the other by just one. The sole candidate was selected on a landslide vote of 6 - 0, the other by the slightly less emphatic margin of 1 - 0. Happily the beaten candidate accepted defeat gracefully and didn't demand a recount. The problem, though, is obvious: no-one outside the party takes UKIP serously. Not only did almost nobody turn up, but there was also a complete absence of swivel eyed federalists, anti fascists, Marxists, anti racists, veggies, greens and/or Guardian readers besieging the meeting and trying to set fire to those inside in the name of the People, unlike what regularly happens to a certain other party with far greater mass appeal (although nobody admits to supporting them). Until UKIP starts to seriously **** these people off (Ok, veggies are alright, I'm a part time one myself) and starts to appeal to the masses by explaining in detail how the EU and big government is affecting their lives and particularly their pockets rather than banging on about faceless bureaucrats, national vetos and loss of sovereignty it won't get anywhere. So there.