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« on: May 03, 2010, 07:34:17 PM »
Negative.

Their purpose seems to be to make the Conservative Party look reasonable. They claim to believe in "freedom and democracy", and yet they have a Lord as their Leader! He was also elected Leader with less than 50% of the vote.
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« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2010, 07:42:28 PM »
Seems like the least bad of the terrible choices that make up British politics.
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« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2010, 07:51:37 PM »
They seem like the middle-to-upper class version of the BNP.
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« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2010, 08:05:41 PM »
Quote from: Joe Republic on May 03, 2010, 07:51:37 PM
They seem like are the middle-to-upper class version of the BNP.

In practice, if not in theory.
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« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2010, 11:58:20 PM »
Very negative. I come from a family of Tories, though.
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« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2010, 12:30:39 AM »

Very negative of course, though I understand (and share to a good part) their criticism of the EU.
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« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2010, 12:49:47 AM »
They seem pretty alright to me.
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« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2010, 12:56:37 AM »
Neutral, for now
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« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2010, 01:01:14 AM »
Very negative.  They probably take votes away from respectable and honorable Conservative candidates.
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« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2010, 03:09:24 AM »
« Edited: May 04, 2010, 03:12:01 AM by The Man From G.O.P. »
Quote from: Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon on May 04, 2010, 01:01:14 AM
Very negative.  They probably take votes away from respectable and honorable Conservative candidates.


Very negative... followed by probably. How much of your hypermoderatism is an act and how much is an internet cry for attention?
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« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2010, 06:57:52 AM »
Negative. 'Teabaggers without God' is the best recent summary I've heard.
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« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2010, 07:03:13 AM »
Quote from: Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon on May 04, 2010, 01:01:14 AM
Very negative.  They probably take votes away from respectable and honorable Conservative candidates.

lol

You are a card.
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« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2010, 08:09:21 AM »
net positive
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« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2010, 08:11:32 AM »
Negative, although I am quite sympathetic to their views on the European Union. I would have been tempted to vote for them last year in the Euro elections.....but I probably couldn't have brought myself to.
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« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2010, 12:40:41 PM »
Very negative. The respectable bourgeois' BNP.
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« Reply #15 on: May 04, 2010, 12:41:58 PM »
Very negative, but the comments about don are hilarious and spot on.
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« Reply #16 on: May 04, 2010, 12:49:33 PM »
Quote from: afleitch on May 04, 2010, 06:57:52 AM
Negative. 'Teabaggers without God' is the best recent summary I've heard.
That sounds pretty spot on... as a description of UKIP+BNP combined.
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« Reply #17 on: May 04, 2010, 02:33:15 PM »
Quote from: Kucinichisdabest on May 03, 2010, 07:34:17 PM
Negative.

Their purpose seems to be to make the Conservative Party look reasonable. They claim to believe in "freedom and democracy", and yet they have a Lord as their Leader! He was also elected Leader with less than 50% of the vote.


No PM has gotten 50% of the vote for their party since 1931, so the vote share argument isn't particularly valid in a British context.
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« Reply #18 on: May 04, 2010, 03:16:45 PM »
Worse than the BNP.
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« Reply #19 on: May 04, 2010, 03:20:23 PM »

Lol.
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« Reply #20 on: May 04, 2010, 03:45:16 PM »
Quote from: True Federalist on May 04, 2010, 02:33:15 PM
Quote from: Kucinichisdabest on May 03, 2010, 07:34:17 PM
Negative.

Their purpose seems to be to make the Conservative Party look reasonable. They claim to believe in "freedom and democracy", and yet they have a Lord as their Leader! He was also elected Leader with less than 50% of the vote.


No PM has gotten 50% of the vote for their party since 1931, so the vote share argument isn't particularly valid in a British context.

No PM has gotten more than 0. something of the vote for their party ever.

My point was that UKIP claim to believe in democracy, and yet they use the undemocratic British electoral system in their leadership elections.
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« Reply #21 on: May 04, 2010, 06:29:03 PM »
Quote from: Kucinichisdabest on May 04, 2010, 03:45:16 PM
Quote from: True Federalist on May 04, 2010, 02:33:15 PM
Quote from: Kucinichisdabest on May 03, 2010, 07:34:17 PM
Negative.

Their purpose seems to be to make the Conservative Party look reasonable. They claim to believe in "freedom and democracy", and yet they have a Lord as their Leader! He was also elected Leader with less than 50% of the vote.


No PM has gotten 50% of the vote for their party since 1931, so the vote share argument isn't particularly valid in a British context.

No PM has gotten more than 0. something of the vote for their party ever.

My point was that UKIP claim to believe in democracy, and yet they use the undemocratic British electoral system in their leadership elections.

It's not our electoral system, but our districts that are undemocratic.
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« Reply #22 on: May 04, 2010, 11:23:27 PM »
Quote from: SoFA Franzl on May 04, 2010, 08:11:32 AM
Negative, although I am quite sympathetic to their views on the European Union.
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« Reply #23 on: May 04, 2010, 11:31:34 PM »
Negative. I thought they were just the "Oh No, European Union!" party until I read a little more into their manifesto and discovered their climate change positions. *Shudders*
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« Reply #24 on: May 04, 2010, 11:32:13 PM »
Quote from: Barnes on May 04, 2010, 11:31:34 PM
Negative. I thought they were just the "Oh No, European Union!" party until I read a little more into their manifesto and discovered their climate change positions. *Shudders*

They really are out of touch with reality, to say the least.
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