Tory rebel Bob Spink becomes Ukip's first MP !!!!

ukiprule · 21-04-2008, 11:19 PM

Tory rebel Bob Spink becomes Ukip's first MP - Telegraph

up yours bnp

i'm having a party

kernow · 21-04-2008, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ukiprule

Tory rebel Bob Spink becomes Ukip's first MP - Telegraph

up yours bnp

Great news for UKIP activists and for UKIP in general! Of course our enemies will scoff! (especially on this forum!)

Anthony Butcher · 21-04-2008, 11:31 PM

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The UK Independence Party will today announce it has gained its first member of Parliament after a former Conservative MP agreed to join the party just nine days before the local elections.

Bob Spink, the MP for Castle Point in Essex, said he was "increasingly disappointed" with the Conservative Party, which expelled him last month. The defection is being heralded as a coup by Ukip.

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Mr Spink said last night: "I am delighted to join the Ukip team, helping to fight for Britain's interests in Europe and for better policy on the issues that really matter to people.

"I have been increasingly disappointed with the Tory Party's failure to be honest with the public on a wide range of issues like pensions, crime, immigration and defence.

"Dishonesty over the EU constitution is the Tories' greatest failure.

"They heap criticism on other parties, but refuse to remove the constitution if they ever get power.

"The public see this as opportunistic and hypocritical, but sadly, it is typical of Westminster politics.

"It is little wonder the public hold politicians in such contempt."

Mr Spink was welcomed to Ukip by Nigel Farage, the party's leader. "I am delighted to welcome the hard-working and deeply principled Bob Spink as Ukip's first member of Parliament," he said.

Lord Willoughby de Broke, a Ukip peer, added: "I am thrilled that Ukip now has a representative in the House of Commons.
"I look forward to working with him to further Ukip's programme of leaving the European Union."

Mr Spink is a controversial political figure who fell out with David Cameron after problems with his local constituency party.
Senior Conservative sources insisted last night that they were relaxed about Mr Spink defecting and said Ukip were "welcome to him".

A Tory insider said: "You won't find many tears being shed over this in the Conservative Party - more like the sound of popping corks."
Ukip presented a serious electoral threat to the Conservatives three years ago, when the party finished third in the 2004 European elections after recruiting Robert Kilroy-Silk, the former chat show host.

However, Mr Kilroy-Silk quit the party amid acrimony just nine months later and founded his own party, Veritas. Ukip went on to lose its deposit in more than 450 seats at the 2005 general election. Mr Cameron's relatively Euro-sceptic views are thought to have helped to stop Ukip's appeal spreading among other Conservative supporters.

Mr Spink was first elected to Parliament in 1992.

He lost his seat in 1997, but regained it in 2001, and Ukip sources said they are confident he will retain his seat at the next general election.

Eurosceptic Atlanticist · 21-04-2008, 11:34 PM

Time to break out the champagne? Fantastic news for UKIP. UKIP now has representation in the Commons and the Lords, should silence both the BNP and the EDs.

Anthony Butcher · 21-04-2008, 11:34 PM

Wow, that is quite a coup for UKIP. I really didn't see that coming.

Independent UKIP · 21-04-2008, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ukiprule

Tory rebel Bob Spink becomes Ukip's first MP - Telegraph

Having made almost 2,000 posts on this forum over the past few years this is almost certainly the best piece of news I have posted on in all that time. This is tremendous news - a UKIP MP for the first time and not just for a few months but most likely till 2010 and hopefully beyond. What a fantastic boost ahead of the local elections. I reiterate my comments from a little while ago about Spink & UKIP which I won't repeat here.

A very warm welcome to you Mr Spink in the unlikely event you read this forum.

Now all UKIP has to do is change the habit of it's brief lifetime and not **** it up.

Tom Wilde · 21-04-2008, 11:38 PM

Congratulations UKIP!

Anthony Butcher · 21-04-2008, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Independent UKIP

Now all UKIP has to do is change the habit of it's brief lifetime and not **** it up.

Yes, they need to milk this one for all they can. Let's hope it gets more than two sentences on the web site like the defence policy launch

Englander 1 · 21-04-2008, 11:42 PM

This is good news for UKIP...Well Done!

Anthony Butcher · 21-04-2008, 11:50 PM

Not a lot on Spink on Wikipedia:

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He is opposed to abortion and wants to bring back capital punishment. He is against research into animal chimeras and refers to those involved in or supporting human bioengineering as "Dark forces".

On March 12, 2008, Spink announced to the UK House of Commons that he had resigned the Conservative Party Whip due to "criminal and other irregularities" in his constituency. This announcement was later rebutted by the party chief whip Patrick McLoughlin and they described the whip having been withdrawn from him. McLoughlin referred to a letter previously received from Spink, who had threatened to resign over an attempted reselection by his association This separates him from the Conservative group in Parliament. Ill-feeling against Spink in his association were assisted by a long-standing affair he had conducted with the partner of the association's deputy chairman.

He married Janet Barham; they have three sons and a daughter, but are now divorced.

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Tom Wilde Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: London. Posts: 2,638	Congratulations UKIP!