UKIP

[Pete]

Just saw this on DT website:

"John Knight writes:

Mr. Clarke’s letter in the Derbyshire Times (UKIP Foothold) belies a deeper threat from UKIP.

Fifty years ago Enoch Powell’s ranting attack on Commonwealth immigration caused political upheaval. 
Fifty years on, I believe Nigel Farage puts forward the same philosophy but instead of Commonwealth citizens its European migrants that are blamed for all our ills.

Let’s examine in more detail what UKIP stands for.

The so-called recovery is still three per cent less than in 2007. The working class are being made to suffer for it in spades.

It is not surprising that people are seething, and protesting at the ballot box. UKIP policies however, would make things much worse.

I believe UKIP would have NHS services run by private business - for profit. Roger Helmer UKIP MEP has said, ‘the NHS is a 60-year mistake’.

Farage boasts that he is keeping Thatcherism alive.

UKIP would give bigger tax breaks to millionaires than the Tories. Its 2010 manifesto committed to reducing the public sector by 2 million jobs. UKIP would get rid of workers’ legal rights on redundancy, sick pay, legal rights to four weeks’ holiday. They would scrap apprentices’ entitlement to the minimum wage. They would scrap most workplace health and safety law.

UKIP has tapped into peoples fears and concerns and blames all our woes on the EU or immigration.

Not wanting to be outdone by Farage, Cameron, Clegg and Miliband are jockeying to echo similar messages, albeit not so extreme.

It is up to those of us who won’t swallow these ideas to make sure the truth is told about UKIP."

I think it makes sense and is a brave attempt at rational thought - as opposed to the populist arguments blaming everything on "foreigners".

What do you think?

[Slacker]

If you date to criticise / correct anything on UKIP Chesterfield Facebook page they block you. All I did was suggest that their councillor who crossed from the LibDems should have resigned and has a by election as their MPS did

[therealjr]

I'd say that once again it's people telling me what's wrong with something rather than telling me what's right with their preference. Also if we on here are going to criticise people for misleading pseudonyms I think it's only fair that people like Mr Knight should declare his interests in this matter.

[ironsky2]

I will make it clear from the onset - I don't like UKIP let alone Mr Farage who to me is a joke and nothing more than a disgruntled old Tory who thinks the Tory party aren't right wing enough. Farage feeds off fear dresses it as party policy he has arrived at the right time for his party to grow the country has had a massive economic downturn, fall outs with the EU over membership fees, rising unemployment its not to unlike what happened to Weimar Germany and the rise of the Nazi Party. When things go wrong people look for someone to blame for countries ills and here comes along a Mr Farage and his party which seem to offer all the answers to our problems and watch while the unsuspecting voter falls for it just as Germany did in 1933.

[therealjr]

Labour announcing plans to limit benefits payable to EU immigrants. So UKIP's extremist policies should be ignored Slacker?