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Indeed. The difference of course is that I know what I am talking about on this subject where as you do not. Having recruited both members and candidates since 2009 I know exactly what people had to...

You can post your newspaper reports as many times as you like but it doesn't change the facst that there was no blanket ban and that the newspaper report doesn't even claim that there was. For the...

I cannot account for these untruthful statements. Only those that made them can.

I don't know. If I had to guess I would say probably but since there hasn't been a Scottish Parliament by election since 2006 I am not certain how the party is likely to view this.

You speak on behalf of nobody but yourself.

They are not facts at all and you have provided no evidence to support your assertion. The newspaper says nothing about party membership, it refers to a declaration that would be party officers and...

As I have already said the newspaper report proves no such thing. It does not refer to party membership at all but to a declaration that must be signed by all party officers and candidates, which...

I see that Robert Edwards continues to claim that UKIP have had a policy of banning former NF members going back as far as 2004. As I have explained to him he is wrong. The ban only came into force...

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Your apology is noted, accepted and much appreciated.

UKIP do not have similar views to Robert Edwards.

An idiotic question based on an even more idiotic premise.

A couple of points here.

1. UKIP's current polling level and/or its position in the wider political scene has had no impact on the moderation of this forum.

2. This forum is not UKIP...

I do apologise to the forum for the delay in publishing the PM from Geoffrey Collier but real life intervened and left me little time for on-line pursuits over the last few days. Yes I could have...

I am more than happy to produce the PM in question and will do so at some point on Friday. My reason for not doing so immediately has no ulterior motive but quite simply it is late at night and...

They most certainly are inaccurate. At the time Martin Heale joined UKIP there was no blanket ban on former members of the NF joining UKIP nor on becoming party officers or candidates. The date you...

As you know we haven't proscribed any of them. As you should also know, I have said it enough times, I don't agree with blanket bans of the former members of any group. I have no interest in...

No objection at all.

This is what those of a younger generation would call an "epic fail". Quite obviously you cannot have a blanket ban against "extremists" which is obviously a subjective term.

In any event we are...

I was the person who received the PM from Geoffrey containing the threat of legal action and thus the moderator who issued the permanent ban. I can assure everyone that he did threaten to take legal...

Nothing strange at all. Certain people with extremist connections have long been prevented from joining UKIP. A blanket ban of all former BNP members only came in around two years ago with former NF...

He threatened to take legal action against the forum and so in accordance with long standing forum policy he has been permanently banned.

Having taken some time to look this up I can now add that the National Front became a proscribed organisation in December 2011.

I have little intention of engaging in lengthy debate with Robert Edwards but his assertion that the rule banning former BNP and NF members from joining UKIP goes back many years is simply false. It...

There are several good reasons to prevent Gareth Shanks holding an official position within the party and frankly the NEC would have been irresponsible to have not vetoed his "election".