Yet another UKIP blunder

[Hoofy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-28840210

Do they do it on purpose??

[scenario8]

Oh God, I had hoped this story would go unnoticed so as to save us all from another thirty odd page UKIP super-thread...

[anonymous-user]

Pretty disgusting quite frankly, and there's no excuse apart from utterly backward ignorance, or just good old fashioned racist malice.

[Crush]

Can't see the resemblance

[FredClogs]

One of the kippers will be along in a minute to defend the language.

[unrepentant]

UKIP supporting husband of woman said:

I don't think UKIP are a racist party

Idiot still in denial despite his own wife being referred to as a "Ting Tong" by moronic UKIP woman.

[THX]

Didn't a prominent Ukipper recently defend Hitler's speeches / rhetoric?

'They' will claim the BBC jump on UKIP blunders. Maybe the BBC do, but it's not like there's any shortage of material for them to target.

[Jasandjules]

Oh dear. Sadly IQ tests are not required to stand for election.

[Justin Cyder]

Pretty sure Janice has put her size tens in it before & recently too. She would appear to be an above average liability for UKIP, which is pretty impressive in it's own right.

[acd80]

Jasandjules said:

Oh dear. Sadly IQ tests are not required to stand for election.

I'm not a UKIP supporter however you could argue the same for every political party and their members / candidates.

[bitchstewie]

It's just a bloody weird term to use isn't it?

The Hitler thing was, I think (from what I remember of the article) a little overdone as it's sounded like someone commending Hitlers style of presentation rather than the substance.

[wolves_wanderer]

Justin Cyder said:

Pretty sure Janice has put her size tens in it before & recently too. She would appear to be an above average liability for UKIP, which is pretty impressive in it's own right.

It is a sterling effort to be so racist that the rest of them notice.

[longblackcoat]

bhstewie said:

It's just a bloody weird term to use isn't it?

The Hitler thing was, I think (from what I remember of the article) a little overdone as it's sounded like someone commending Hitlers style of presentation rather than the substance.

Correct. It was a daft thing to do (because they should have known they'd get jumped on) but there was no praise of Hitler's views.

[pork911]

longblackcoat said:

Correct. It was a daft thing to do (because they should have known they'd get jumped on) but there was no praise of Hitler's views.

Daft? & just because invites criticism?

Ah well, at least there was no praise for hitlers views.

Could've been worse.

[unrepentant]

acd80 said:

Jasandjules said:

Oh dear. Sadly IQ tests are not required to stand for election.

I'm not a UKIP supporter however you could argue the same for every political party and their members / candidates.

Except the major political parties have a pretty intensive screening process and plenty of training for prospective candidates. With UKIP as long as you're a barking mad xenophobe you're in.

[s2art]

unrepentant said:

UKIP supporting husband of woman said:

I don't think UKIP are a racist party

Idiot still in denial despite his own wife being referred to as a "Ting Tong" by moronic UKIP woman.

That there may be some unaware racists in the party doent make the party itself racist, otherwise all parties are probably racist. Hadnt heard that phrase before mind you, thought it was 'Ying Tong' (pace Spike).

[dandarez]

longblackcoat said:

bhstewie said:

It's just a bloody weird term to use isn't it?

The Hitler thing was, I think (from what I remember of the article) a little overdone as it's sounded like someone commending Hitlers style of presentation rather than the substance.

Correct. It was a daft thing to do (because they should have known they'd get jumped on) but there was no praise of Hitler's views.

Perhaps it was daft, but just to prove the gutter press will jump on anything remotely Ukip blunderwise, Bill Etheridge (the UKIP MEP in question) had also lauded Martin Luther King and Tony Blair's engagement abilities, but the anti-kipper Wail headline read:

'Ukip MEP sparks anger as he tells its youth wing to copy Nazi leader.'

Edited by dandarez on Monday 18th August 18:52

[Pesty]

s2art said:

That there may be some unaware racists in the party doent make the party itself racist, otherwise all parties are probably racist. Hadnt heard that phrase before mind you, thought it was 'Ying Tong' (pace Spike).

I belive ting tong was a character in a recent comedy sketch show. ( didn't watch it closely just scanned it) I'm guessing the character was a mail order bride.

So she might have been offensive for a different reason rather than being outright racist

Edited by Pesty on Monday 18th August 18:49

[FredClogs]

What no ones trying to defend her? Come on kippers.

What bugs me is the mealy mouthed apology, at least that barking mad "bongo bongo land" guy was man enough to stand by his own ridiculousness. I thought UKIP was about straight talking and common sense, not bowing to PC gone mad, speaking the truth to power through the vernacular of the common man?

Or is the truth of the situation that the common man is a lot more sophisticated, nuanced and sensitive that your average UKIP member?

[dandarez]

unrepentant said:

acd80 said:

Jasandjules said:

Oh dear. Sadly IQ tests are not required to stand for election.

I'm not a UKIP supporter however you could argue the same for every political party and their members / candidates.

Except the major political parties have a pretty intensive screening process and plenty of training for prospective candidates. With UKIP as long as you're a barking mad xenophobe you're in.

Really?
Prospective candidates... they needn't worry, the nutters are already MPs.
Or were!
Take Aidan Burley for one.

Bit different remarking on the oratory skills of Hitler as opposed to dressing up as one of his henchmen and making sieg heil salutes, eh? And in France of all places!
Still, at least he's gone. But just to prove you can argue the same for all parties and their members/candidates as said.