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I wonder if any UKIP supporters read their 2010 election manifesto. It was completely laughable - flat taxes, lots of aircraft carriers, huge army and police force. Farage signed it off but now agrees it was ridiculous - shows he was on top of things doesn't it ! Really interesting to see this...

Yes and those celebrating the UKIP vote should bear this in mind - the BNP vote went down about 6 or 7% so it is likely that about 6% of the UKIP vote is ex BNP. How does that make you all feel?

You should be so careful of what you wish for. The future for Europe is already full of risk in a world of rising economies in Asia and South America. Without the EU, with each small country battling on its own, the future is truly perilous. If that is what people want ok. It's not what I want...

Yes good point. The average age of a conservative party member is I think 68. I cant imagine younger people wanting UKIP - they have nothing to offer them. The only problem is that as we know young people do not tend to vote. We have to make the electoral system more up to date (see Poly...

In the US white middle class people with right wing views are increasingly in the minority as Latinos Hispanics and Afro-American populations grow. The Republican party with its tea party leanings are incapable of attracting these minorities. So as these societal characteristics grow democratic...

I read a persuasive article recently that the current Republican party with its tea party leaning will never again win an election because of the demographics being so much against them. Lacking democratic power they will become obstructive and destructive. Same applies to UKIP/right wing tories

No I haven't. Ukip got 25% of a vote where the turnout was 30%. That is 7.5% of the electorate. If they get enough votes to form a government good luck to them - I will go and live somewhere else - an independent Scotland probably. In the meantime I don't want reasonable parties to start...

Exactly right ! We live in a representative democracy not a direct democracy. I don't want important decisions made by people, most of whom have absolutely no idea of the facts or the issues and just vote on some vague notion of ridiculous nationalism and suspicion of foreigners. Just because...

I thought the salute was by English archers to show the French they still had the fingers to fire their dreaded long bows?

You are right. Who would want to live next to a noisy overcrowded house. However, as you say, it could be anyone. It could be English, German or Scandinavian students, Irish travellers, a hostel for prisoners on licence, it could just be a large rude and noisy English family. Farage chooses to...

I am not sure why it is relevant which e mail account was used. The issue surely is that they expose him as an old fashioned sexist "lad" which is not appropriate for the head of the premier league. It's a part success if these people keep their opinions private but what we really need is people...

For most of our team promotion should have come 2 years ago when they would still have had a chance at the premiership. How many would have survived this summer or played next year if we had gone up? I have felt all year that this must have played on the minds of Bruno, Lopez, Orlandi, Greer...

I think most people blame the manager rather than Caskey who is clearly not ready for the Championship. I wonder how many inwardly (or outwardly) groaned like me when we saw that Caskey and Orlandi were playing. And we were right so why did Oscar get it so wrong? There were alternatives. Lua Lua...

Agreed. He probably isn't racist in particular just extraordinarily arrogant and contemptuous of all sorts of people and groups. A little humility would not go amiss so being sacked would be good for him let alone others. I must say it is a real pleasure to see a succession of arrogant people...

Hang on a minute! It's the UK that is out of step not the "careerist politicians andbureaucrats". It was clear right from the start that the EU was a political project. What do think "ever closer union " means. The UK might see it as just trade but others in Europe never have and have made no...

I agree with a lot of what you say but not of course your conclusions ! I don't think the rest of Europe has ever been in doubt about the political intent of the eu. "Ever closer union" says it all. In the uk politicians have clearly never believed in this or have never thought they could carry...

I'm not trying to have the last word honestly! However in answer to your post 98 I will pose another question which can be rhetorical if you don't want to pursue things further. If you were a member of a club which you thought was a good thing and you wanted to keep going ; and one important...

I'm sure you do think it's fair. But that sums up UKIP doesn't it. UKIP people want life to be simple and how "t used to be". Except that it never was simple and it certainly isn't now. So their collective response in frustration is "bollocks"! and they retreat into simplistic "certainties". In...

I don't need to ask my parents -I was there! It's difficult to know how to respond to "bollocks" in an intelligent way. Still that's the attraction of UKIP isn't it. Life is simple No need for intelligent debate just emotive "straight talking" "from the heart". God help us! Putin respects...

The thing is the EU has never been just an economic project. Whisper it softly but it has always been a political project. Historically it was a response to two world wars and you can argue it has helped deliver peace and prosperity in Europe. Now it is a beacon to former Soviet Union countries...