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chikrodah · 24-02-2008, 10:30 AM

I'm doing my best to remain objective here.

What interests me is:

Who leaked the emails? Presumably not Trixie, GC, Gawain or Elaib Harvey.
How old are the leaked emails?
Who reported Farage to OLAF (if that's true)?
What work does his wife do? Frequency, type, number of hours.
What work did his son do? Ditto.
Who is the "former UKIP regional officer"? (Rhetorical, before everyone leaps in to tell me.)
Cui bono?

After all, the allegations apparently under investigation by OLAF seem to have been flagged up as long ago as February last year. At least, that's when Foggo's report appeared in the Times.

I'm not in favour of political sleaze. I would like UKIP to be more obviously accountable to its members, to make more of an effort to show its members that it is trying to evolve in the way that many grassroots supporters on this forum would wish. I'm also beginning to understand why its leaders might choose not to communicate more.

I have a very good idea exactly who is behind this never-ending feed of a single viewpoint to Foggo. I have a reasonably good idea why. I'm not impressed. If their aim is to destroy UKIP, they're doing a pretty good job. If that's not their aim, it might be wise to consider their next moves carefully. There may not be enough left to rebuild once they've finished.

24-02-2008, 10:30 AM	#43 (permalink)
chikrodah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Midlands Posts: 1,383	I'm doing my best to remain objective here. What interests me is: Who leaked the emails? Presumably not Trixie, GC, Gawain or Elaib Harvey. How old are the leaked emails? Who reported Farage to OLAF (if that's true)? What work does his wife do? Frequency, type, number of hours. What work did his son do? Ditto. Who is the "former UKIP regional officer"? (Rhetorical, before everyone leaps in to tell me.) Cui bono? After all, the allegations apparently under investigation by OLAF seem to have been flagged up as long ago as February last year. At least, that's when Foggo's report appeared in the Times. I'm not in favour of political sleaze. I would like UKIP to be more obviously accountable to its members, to make more of an effort to show its members that it is trying to evolve in the way that many grassroots supporters on this forum would wish. I'm also beginning to understand why its leaders might choose not to communicate more. I have a very good idea exactly who is behind this never-ending feed of a single viewpoint to Foggo. I have a reasonably good idea why. I'm not impressed. If their aim is to destroy UKIP, they're doing a pretty good job. If that's not their aim, it might be wise to consider their next moves carefully. There may not be enough left to rebuild once they've finished.