The thing is the UKIP and BNP don't actually have many real policies so it is useless to do these kinds of tests. E.g., not all policies have an official statement on canaries legelisation and that site has taken that to mean no, so if you vote no then that is an automatic point for UKIP and BNP, which is just nonsense.
Love Britain ? - Vote UKIP.
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The thing is the UKIP and BNP don't actually have many real policies so it is useless to do these kinds of tests. E.g., not all policies have an official statement on canaries legelisation and that site has taken that to mean no, so if you vote no then that is an automatic point for UKIP and BNP, which is just nonsense.
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Wut... I'm a closet racist with Ukip and BNP high up
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I'm 39, in full time employment, and unlike you and the other kipper I actually know what I'm talking about. Fascism is built around a facade of restoring national pride combined with otherisation (and when in charge, persecution) of minority groups and foreigners. Fascists seek direct control over all aspects of society and do not accept any authority other than their own unless forced. These are all statements that apply to the UKIP. If UKIP are not fascist at the core, they are doing a very poor job of not looking like fascists - poor enough that when the BNP support collapsed after 2010, the majority of disaffected BNP voters switched to UKIP.
My big question about ISideWith is how anyone gets 59% agreement with the BNP. Perhaps they answered the question "Do you want to send all non-white people back where they came from?" with "Just 59% of them".
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To be fair, if you support the NHS you get a few marks in favour of BNP (as they share a few points with all political parties). I think I got around 20% BNP due to supporting the NHS & a couple of transport related questions if I recall correctly.
The problem is it doesn't take into account the implementation or what alternatives they suggest (not enough selection).
Really you should only take note of the top few (due to shared policies)
The problem is it doesn't take into account the implementation or what alternatives they suggest (not enough selection).
Really you should only take note of the top few (due to shared policies)
Soldato
Awesome, so awesome,
None of that actually describes UKIP though, carry on with the hyperbole though if it makes you feel better. Why don't you throw a few "racists" into the mix to really feel good?
UKIP are a one trick pony and that's their argument over the EU, the rest is just fluff they wrote on the back of a fag packet outside the pub in the rain.
Soldato
39 and got a job you know everything? Hmm well that makes me very awesome as I'm
way older then you have lived in different countries
"disaffected BNP voters switched to UKIP" Citation needed please.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-2717786439 and got a job you know everything? Hmm well that makes me very awesome as I'm
way older then you have lived in different countries
"disaffected BNP voters switched to UKIP" Citation needed please.
"Former BNP voters who feel "swamped" by immigrants are turning to UKIP as a "decent" and "non-racist" alternative, UKIP's deputy chairman has said.
BNP leader Nick Griffin accused Nigel Farage's party of stealing its slogans and rhetoric."
Soldato
It's a shame, I like Nigel. He's good in debates, answers questions directly and some of his policies seem decent.
Shame he's part of a group that once you scratch surface is the BNP underneath.
Shame he's part of a group that once you scratch surface is the BNP underneath.
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I think Farage rarely answers questions directly, although he's good at appearing to do so, instead he relies on spouting a number of shallow arguments and dubious facts. In debate, he gives talking points instead of arguments. For example in the Clegg debate he'd say things like "480 million EU citizens have the right to live in this country" and that would be it. He made no argument as to why that is a bad thing or offer an analysis with any hint of nuance.
He's also benefited from extremely soft treatment by the media but that's been changing in recent times and he's shown himself to be pretty tetchy under pressure - c.f. Nick Robinson vs. Nigel Farage.
Soldato
He's a good actor & knows how to appeal to many of the UK population, the problem is he isn't using this to promote anything factual - the policies are utterly disconnected from reality & represent the worst kind of political popularism.
This kind of 'common sense' politics is utterly flawed, it's based off the assumption that hugely complex social & economic issues can be resolved by a group of people with no education in the respective fields during a conversation in the pub over a few pints & packets of pork scratchings.
Part of the reason I suspect he's doing so well is due to how void our currently political leaders are of any charisma - Miliband, Cameron & Clegg have absolutely none between them.
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Nail on head, especially Miliband. He is borderline unelectable.
Wut... I'm a closet racist with Ukip and BNP high up
I wouldn't worry about it, BNP and UKIP have no real policies so it is impossible to do such a simple questionnaire and get anything meaningful.
Soldato
I believe that's where he announced a nationwide campaign from the line you posted (not that he's going to be talking in that part of London for the next 4 weeks).Meanwhile in commie land
LOL just LOL. Yeah lets talk about cost-of-living crisis (Which is just a made up term you wally) in one of the most affluent areas of London
Don't you think that he should be talking in a run down Labour stronghold where people are actually poor? They're plenty of those, not in a Tory stronghold where a vast majority of people are doing pretty well. I guessing that he just managed to fill that room with every Labour supporter in that borough
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Why campaign in a stronghold though, if you know that everyone is going to vote for you?! You need to hit the non-voters, surely?
This, robgmun has no idea how politics actually work!
Campaigns have to be directed against the opposition, especially in "swing states"
Redbridge is not a marginal, not even close, it's like a David Cameron kicking off his election campaign in Scotland. Ed Milliband showing his ineptitude once again
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