Monday, 26 January 2015

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude- Maya Angelou

Farage- The Tables have Turned

It was not long ago that Mark Reckless defected from the Tories to UKIP, and the entire country went up in arms, claiming that UKIP may even win over 10 seats in the General Election. And now common sense has set in.

"Egg the parrot"- Embarrassed as the NHS leaves
Farage on life support
Amjad Bashir, defected from the Conservatives to UKIP in 2014, however he made a remarkable U-turn just 3 days ago, and in the process, has taken Farage with him. By resigning from UKIP, he furthermore accused UKIP of having "ridiculous lack of policies", which has always been the case with the radical side of UKIP, always dreaming that leaving the EU would solve world hunger, poverty and answer the meaning of life. However, keen to rectify this scandal, Farage appeared on the Andrew Marr show, and inadvertently justified these accusations.

 Like many of the big parties, Farage said that our beloved NHS was in crisis and needed more funding; but that the £3billion being pumped into the life support machine, would be from not paying EU membership.... Seriously... Instead of denying the claims made by Bashir over "lack of policies", he has further exposed UKIP's policies, as the answer to everything is to: leave the EU. This isn't the only time Farage has hit rough tides when debating the EU; claiming it to be an "insurance-based health care" in 2012, and said if UKIP were in power, anyone who wasn't English, couldn't work for the NHS.

"Amjad Bashir had reached the end of the road with UKIP"- More like pushed under the bus...

So where does this leave UKIP? Well, two weeks ago, they were in poll position amongst 3rd parties, and were even expected to pull in a coalition with the Cnswrvatives come May, however whilst this is still a possibility, Farage hasgot himself in a mess, in more than one way. I've always relented UKIP's lack of policies, often using the analogy of leaving the EU as the messiah. However, this event has fully exposed this, and as an MEP has left UKIP on the issue, their credibility has been put under scrutiny. Their main economic policy is gain funding by leaving the EU, the same can be said for the NHS, and as many have gathered, the process is not as simple as that, with not many of us imagining to see the £3 billion promised by Farage. Another monty python reference in "What have the Romans ever done for us?" comes to mind regarding this topic, their entire manifesto is based on immigration and the EU, questioning their status as a "party" and not a pressure group. So it's fair to say the UKIP manifesto in May will be interesting...

Jordan Ifield (I told you so)


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