British Democracy Forum - View Single Post - Tory rebel Bob Spink becomes Ukip's first MP !!!!

TomPhil · 22-04-2008, 12:42 PM

This is a major credibility boost for UKIP, and is brilliant news. This will go down as one of the major milestones in UKIP history.

While the odds are perhaps stacked against Spink being re-elected at the next election, the odds of him being re-elected are now far better than the odds would otherwise have been of a UKIP candidate getting elected, and if he does get re-elected, that will be another major boost for UKIP.

I notice that the BBC have not categorised it amongst their "top stories" on their website. What's the betting that had he defected to, say, the Green Party, it would have been the top story?

22-04-2008, 12:42 PM	#58 (permalink)
TomPhil Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Stockport Posts: 498 Party: UKIP	This is a major credibility boost for UKIP, and is brilliant news. This will go down as one of the major milestones in UKIP history. While the odds are perhaps stacked against Spink being re-elected at the next election, the odds of him being re-elected are now far better than the odds would otherwise have been of a UKIP candidate getting elected, and if he does get re-elected, that will be another major boost for UKIP. I notice that the BBC have not categorised it amongst their "top stories" on their website. What's the betting that had he defected to, say, the Green Party, it would have been the top story? __________________ "A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." In Labour we trusted and now we are busted... again. It's the economy, stupid.