The Many Mistakes of U.K.I.P.

The label below is a link to the B.B.C.'s news website where you will see Nigel Farage the leader of the U.K. Independence Party in, as Martin Amiss might say 'eagerly ungenerous' form.

UKIP is a strange phenomenom. One cant call UKIP members euro sceptics, scepticism implies some kind of disinterested, rational consideration of the facts. Ukip are Euro haters plain and simple. It website states an 'increasingly resentful English nationalism (is also) brewing''. And lucky for UKIP it is because this is of course where it gets all its support. Now I like to think of myself as a libertarian, (with a social conscience) and a believer in the free market so in many ways I should be against the European Union for being an oversized beurocracy that likes to micro-manage people's lives. And indeed were it not for the fact that it has helped secure peace and democracy across the world's formerly most dangerous continent, increase prosperity across said continent and bring some of the best human rights gaurantees we have into English law, I probably would be against the E.U.. However I think we can all be distrustful of a movement based on 'resentful nationalism'. Another lesson Europe has taught us.

So ukip are a party of rather rediculous contradictions. It hates Europe, but its only elected representatives (13 btw not that I'm superstitious) of the British people are MEP's. These MEP's then do nothing but sit around being rude to the rest of the E.U. parliament and vote no on everything by the looks of it. The party claims to 'reject the ''blood and soil'' ethnic nationalism of extremist parties'. It also 'opposes 'multiculturalism and political correctness and promotes uniculturalism, a single British culture embracing all races, religions and colours.' However it then goes on to state in the 'Restoring Britishness Policy' section of its website that: 'All cultures, languages and traditions from around the British Isles such as gealic, would be celebrated.'
So that a uniculture of many cultures. And all of those cultures have to come from around the British Isles and from historically British peoples. Sounds a bit like 'blood and soil' to me but what do I know. Maybe its more like d.n.a and geography. Or..
Ukip also states in its constitution: 'On withdrawal from the E.U. the party will seek free trade agreements with E.U. and other countries (and/or trade blocks).' However it also states to restore Britishness it would 'create a "British Register" of important companies, products and brands and amend the takeover code to safegaurd these through parliamentary approvals and/or conditions where necessary'. Right so that's free trade as long as we are allowed to keep all the best parts of our economy in a locked box of protectionism. Works for me. I cant see why any of the countries we trade with would have a problem with that.
Ukip aren't just conservatives they are knee-jerk, nationalist, populist conservatives. They are above all a bit weird. If ever elected to government, after giving more money to our poor royal family, they would ( I am not making this up) 'require the U.K theme medley to be restored to B.B.C. Radio 4.' Serious stuff.
Finally back to the link. Ukip considers good manners to be part of being British. These good manners clearly don't extend to foreigners. In the clip you can see Farage berate the new E.U. President for having the charisma of a 'damp rag', for coming from a non-country, Belgium to be precise, (one might guess that to Mr Farage, Britian is the only country worth coming from, and only losers wouldn't come from it) and for not being a greater celebrity. 'Who are you?' he asks. Perhaps Mr Farage was expecting someone more like Bono or David Beckham. Unfortunately he got a European politician.
I think Farage could learn from the words of another great British nincompoop. In the words of the immortal Basil Fawlty:
'I didn't vote for it myself but now we're in I'm determined to make it work.'
Just don't mention the.. too late.