News of the World investigating UKIP?

UKIPSW · 21-09-2007, 06:56 AM

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Received a tip off yesterday about an undercover News of the World investigation into some very unsavoury activity involving members of UKIP in Belgium. It may be true, it may not, but other information confirms that things are not looking good for the plastic patriots in the West Midlands.

Simon Darby

Could just be more ****-stirring. But it wouldn't be first time the tabloids have had their fun with our MEP's.

chikrodah · 21-09-2007, 09:00 AM

So that would be some sort of sex/drugs/sleaze scandal involving Nattrass, presumably?

Anybody got any ideas about what the NoW thinks it's got?

Aardvark · 21-09-2007, 10:09 AM

Depends what you mean by unsavoury.

NoW has a set of double standards of immense proportions. They will condemn the foibles of others as unsavoury, but make money from voyeurs by reporting them in graphic detail. Remember the editor, Rebekah Wade, railing about wife bashing and domestic violence and then having a punch up with her hubby in the street. This is the moralising newspaper whose court correspondent recorded private 'phone calls of the young princes.

If it's another example of fraud then we're doomed, but if it is perfectly legal sexual deviancy then 'so what?'.

The NoW does not sell to heterosexuals who have only ever had the one partner who they 'slept' with, in the missionary position, for the first time on their wedding night. I suspect even the Catholic Herald can't say that.

g hall · 21-09-2007, 10:52 AM

The News of the Screws like other so called red top tabloids should not be licensed as newspapers they are low grade toilet paper

kernow · 21-09-2007, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by g hall

The News of the Screws like other so called red top tabloids should not be licensed as newspapers they are low grade toilet paper

Never a truer word written!

Aardvark · 21-09-2007, 01:14 PM

The News of the World has the largest circulation of all UK newspapers. It is obviously more appealing than any of the 'quality' papers. More ABC1s read the Sun than read the Telegraph.

Rather than criticise such papers we should see what we have to do to get them to help us.

ANGLO-STAFFS · 21-09-2007, 01:23 PM

UKIP need a few tame reporters onside,

Barboo · 21-09-2007, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by UKIPSW

Simon Darby

Could just be more ****-stirring. But it wouldn't be first time the tabloids have had their fun with our MEP's.

What is the connection here with Simon Darby, UKIPSW?

Petrina · 21-09-2007, 02:19 PM

This rumour /tip off has been circulating for months now .
If the News of The World had anything like a story put together it would have happened by now so I would not take it seriously.

UKIPSW · 21-09-2007, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Barboo

What is the connection here with Simon Darby, UKIPSW?

The quote is from the site in the link.

I was searching through blogs for any UKIP news and came across this story. I didn't know the rumour had been around for a while, it's the first I heard of it.

21-09-2007, 10:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
Aardvark Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oxonia Posts: 3,692	Depends what you mean by unsavoury. NoW has a set of double standards of immense proportions. They will condemn the foibles of others as unsavoury, but make money from voyeurs by reporting them in graphic detail. Remember the editor, Rebekah Wade, railing about wife bashing and domestic violence and then having a punch up with her hubby in the street. This is the moralising newspaper whose court correspondent recorded private 'phone calls of the young princes. If it's another example of fraud then we're doomed, but if it is perfectly legal sexual deviancy then 'so what?'. The NoW does not sell to heterosexuals who have only ever had the one partner who they 'slept' with, in the missionary position, for the first time on their wedding night. I suspect even the Catholic Herald can't say that. __________________ When in Woking do as the Wokes do. "I do not wish to form my opinions by thoughtlessly quoting others; I wish others to support their opinions by sensibly quoting me." Paul Wesson (Aardvark) 13th April 2008

21-09-2007, 10:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
g hall Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: erehwon Posts: 5,225	The News of the Screws like other so called red top tabloids should not be licensed as newspapers they are low grade toilet paper __________________ "That government is best which governs least." "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is a Physician for all diseases and miseries". "To be "matter of fact" about the world is to blunder into fantasy --and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful."

21-09-2007, 01:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
Aardvark Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oxonia Posts: 3,692	The News of the World has the largest circulation of all UK newspapers. It is obviously more appealing than any of the 'quality' papers. More ABC1s read the Sun than read the Telegraph. Rather than criticise such papers we should see what we have to do to get them to help us. __________________ When in Woking do as the Wokes do. "I do not wish to form my opinions by thoughtlessly quoting others; I wish others to support their opinions by sensibly quoting me." Paul Wesson (Aardvark) 13th April 2008

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21-09-2007, 09:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
chikrodah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Midlands Posts: 1,525	So that would be some sort of sex/drugs/sleaze scandal involving Nattrass, presumably? Anybody got any ideas about what the NoW thinks it's got?

21-09-2007, 01:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
ANGLO-STAFFS Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 607	UKIP need a few tame reporters onside,

21-09-2007, 02:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
Petrina Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: sussex Posts: 987	This rumour /tip off has been circulating for months now . If the News of The World had anything like a story put together it would have happened by now so I would not take it seriously.