Pro-Cameron Times columnist's anti-Farage anti-UKIP article

Britannist · 24-02-2007, 04:04 AM

Times columnist and pro-Cameron ex-Conservative General Election candidate Daniel Finkelstein has written a short article about UKIP and the Electoral Commission.

In it, he admits to having picked a deliberately unflattering photograph of Nigel Farage (please click on link below to see picture).

Daniel Finkelstein also writes that "it is hard to better David Cameron's description of UKIP". Pro-EU and anti-UKIP Cameron described UKIP as "a bunch of fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists, mostly" in an early morning interview with London's LBC radio on 4.4.2006.

The day after Cameron made the remark insulting UKIP and UKIP members he was dragged into a race row in his own party when a Conservative member told Channel Four news that a candidate of Asian origin might not be right for her ward. Another Asian is said to be considering legal action against the Cameron-led Conservative Party.

The article about UKIP and the Electoral Commission by Daniel Finkelstein can be found at:

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http://timesonline.typepad.com/comme...incompete.html

* Daniel Finkelstein is a former member of the fanatically pro-EU Social Democrat Party which eventually merged into the europhile Liberal 'Democrats'.

Anthony Butcher · 24-02-2007, 04:07 AM

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UKIP's incompetent handling of money (whoops, now where did that cheque go?) and Nigel Farage's smugness (see smug picture selected from thousands) are two reasons why sympathy with them over their financial problems is slow to come to me.

There are lots of other reasons.

But actually, I am a little worried about the way the Electoral Commission appears to be dealing with the donations from the bookmaker Mr Alan Bown.

The Commission intends, it seems, to confiscate Mr Bown's £360,000 of donations because he was not on the electoral register when he paid up.

If Mr Bown was not eligible to be on the register then the decision is fair enough. But if Mr Bown was eligible to be on the register and simply failed to fill in the paperwork, then retrieving the money and bankrupting the party is very heavy-handed. The Commission may be bullying UKIP because they are the smallest child in the playground.

This isn't pleasant to see, even though it is hard to better David Cameron's description of UKIP

The sympathy is coming thick and fast now. Is there anyone in Britain outside the EC who thinks that the response is proportionate, regardless of how the situation arose?

Britannist · 24-02-2007, 04:15 AM

Where I refer to "another Asian" in my posting to this thread of 4.04 am today (on the subject of David Cameron calling UKIP "closet racists mostly") I was writing regarding the following (brief extract) from this week's Sunday Telegraph (18.2.2007):

"Haroon Rashid, who fought the target seat of Bradford West at the 2005 General Election, is suing the (Conservative) Party for damages after he was barred from standing again and stripped of his membership. The businessman is claiming he experienced "months of discrimination and victimisation", but the party strenuously denies the claims."

Find out more at:

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...18/ntory18.xml

24-02-2007, 04:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 23,176	Pro-Cameron Times columnist's anti-Farage anti-UKIP article Times columnist and pro-Cameron ex-Conservative General Election candidate Daniel Finkelstein has written a short article about UKIP and the Electoral Commission. In it, he admits to having picked a deliberately unflattering photograph of Nigel Farage (please click on link below to see picture). Daniel Finkelstein also writes that "it is hard to better David Cameron's description of UKIP". Pro-EU and anti-UKIP Cameron described UKIP as "a bunch of fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists, mostly" in an early morning interview with London's LBC radio on 4.4.2006. The day after Cameron made the remark insulting UKIP and UKIP members he was dragged into a race row in his own party when a Conservative member told Channel Four news that a candidate of Asian origin might not be right for her ward. Another Asian is said to be considering legal action against the Cameron-led Conservative Party. The article about UKIP and the Electoral Commission by Daniel Finkelstein can be found at: :arrow: http://timesonline.typepad.com/comme...incompete.html * Daniel Finkelstein is a former member of the fanatically pro-EU Social Democrat Party which eventually merged into the europhile Liberal 'Democrats'.

24-02-2007, 04:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 23,176	Asian ex-Tory candidate v. Cameron-led Conservatives Where I refer to "another Asian" in my posting to this thread of 4.04 am today (on the subject of David Cameron calling UKIP "closet racists mostly") I was writing regarding the following (brief extract) from this week's Sunday Telegraph (18.2.2007): "Haroon Rashid, who fought the target seat of Bradford West at the 2005 General Election, is suing the (Conservative) Party for damages after he was barred from standing again and stripped of his membership. The businessman is claiming he experienced "months of discrimination and victimisation", but the party strenuously denies the claims." Find out more at: :arrow: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...18/ntory18.xml

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