New UKIP leader

[Nearly Sane]

Any opinions? Have to say I haven't seen her speak


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37387162

[Brownie]

...and I haven't heard her  .

She says all the expected UKIP stuff.
Admires Vladimir Putin for trying to unite his country  - (well, extreme nationalism is a Russian characteristic, 'Holy Mother Russia' and all that).
Committed to fighting for Brexit, she obviously feels it is still undecided.
A bit bitchy.

She does look very nice indeed, if you were out somewhere and saw her you'd never guess.

I'll be interested to hear how she actually sounds, there are bound to be some interviews.

 

[L.A.]

I'd put money on Nigel making a comeback before too long.

[Nearly Sane]

I'd put money on Nigel making a comeback before too long.

just after the appearance on I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here

[L.A.]

just after the appearance on I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here

Very likely.

[Nearly Sane]

Very likely.

wherein he is challenged to eat a Luxembourgeiose's anus

[Nearly Sane]

wherein he is challenged to eat a Luxembourgeiose's anus

which for expenses, he does

[Brownie]

He won't notice the taste and defo won't mind anything chewy - a challenge!

[Udayana]

...and I haven't heard her  .

She says all the expected UKIP stuff.
Admires Vladimir Putin for trying to unite his country  - (well, extreme nationalism is a Russian characteristic, 'Holy Mother Russia' and all that).
Committed to fighting for Brexit, she obviously feels it is still undecided.
A bit bitchy.

She does look very nice indeed, if you were out somewhere and saw her you'd never guess.

I'll be interested to hear how she actually sounds, there are bound to be some interviews.

I was at the Question Time broadcast from Eastleigh after Chris Huhne's resignation. She just reiterated the usual UKIP rubbish.

[BashfulAnthony]

I've seen quite a lot of her on various political programmes, Andrew Neil and the like.  She is quite impressive, but a leader?  That remains to be seen.

As to the "usual UKIP rubbish": how arrogant and offensive to at least 4,000,000 voter that comment is.  I suggest her "rubbish" is no better or worse than that of uncle Jeremy, or the now departed Cameron/Osborne clique.

[Nearly Sane]

I've seen quite a lot of her on various political programmes, Andrew Neil and the like.  She is quite impressive, but a leader?  That remains to be seen.

As to the "usual UKIP rubbish": how arrogant and offensive to at least 4,000,000 voter that comment is.  I suggest her "rubbish" is no better or worse than that of uncle Jeremy, or the now departed Cameron/Osborne clique.

as opposed to saying 16,000,000+ voters are losers? Shiny, shiny mirror?

[BashfulAnthony]

as opposed to saying 16,000,000+ voters are losers? Shiny, shiny mirror?

Pardon me!  The 16,000.000 in question weren't winners;  therefore they were.......   finish the sentence yourself.

[Nearly Sane]

Pardon me!  The 16,000.000 in question weren't winners;  therefore they were.......   finish the sentence yourself.

are you honestly saying that you are not aware of the pejorative sense of losers? And if you are then surely the 4,000,000 UKIP voters are then just losers?

[BashfulAnthony]

are you honestly saying that you are not aware of the pejorative sense of losers? And if you are then surely the 4,000,000 UKIP voters are then just losers?

They wouldn't have been if we'd had a democratic voting system in the General Election.  The Referendum was the very epitome of democracy and fairness.  It is the losers there who are to be reprimanded for making feeble attempts to overthrow the will of the majority.  Not only losers, but sore losers.

[Nearly Sane]

They wouldn't have been if we'd had a democratic voting system in the General Election.  The Referendum was the very epitome of democracy and fairness.  It is the losers there who are to be reprimanded for making feeble attempts to overthrow the will of the majority.  Not only losers, but sore losers.

they would still be losers, no matter the voting system surely? And then losers that having opposed PR would be hypocritical losers by your approach.

[BashfulAnthony]

they would still be losers, no matter the voting system surely? And then losers that having opposed PR would be hypocritical losers by your approach.

I'm not overly bothered about UKIP being losers; I'm just saying that the fact that they got 4,000,000 votes and one MP is a tad unfair, whatever you think of their politics.  The Tories are ruling having got 33% of the vote, and only 25% of the votes of those eligible to vote.  The Referendum was the largest and fairest democratic vote in our history.  Fortunately, the right side won.

[jeremyp]

UKIP was always a one man band and now it has totally lost its raison d'黎re. The new leader is a matter of complete irrelevance.

[Nearly Sane]

I'm not overly bothered about UKIP being losers; I'm just saying that the fact that they got 4,000,000 votes and one MP is a tad unfair, whatever you think of their politics.  The Tories are ruling having got 33% of the vote, and only 25% of the votes of those eligible to vote.  The Referendum was the largest and fairest democratic vote in our history.  Fortunately, the right side won.

I think our current system if voting is unfair, I've spent years campaigning about it. You think UKIP are hypocritical losers

[BashfulAnthony]

I think our current system if voting is unfair, I've spent years campaigning about it. You think UKIP are hypocritical losers

The only interest I have in UKIP is that they were the catalyst for the Referendum, and for that I am thankful.

[Nearly Sane]

The only interest I have in UKIP is that they were the catalyst for the Referendum, and for that I am thankful.

And now obviously you  think they are hypocritical losers

[Brownie]

I was at the Question Time broadcast from Eastleigh after Chris Huhne's resignation. She just reiterated the usual UKIP rubbish.

As one would expect (I must have missed that episode).

[Jack Knave]

...and I haven't heard her  .

She says all the expected UKIP stuff.
Admires Vladimir Putin for trying to unite his country  - (well, extreme nationalism is a Russian characteristic, 'Holy Mother Russia' and all that).
Committed to fighting for Brexit, she obviously feels it is still undecided.
A bit bitchy.

She does look very nice indeed, if you were out somewhere and saw her you'd never guess.

I'll be interested to hear how she actually sounds, there are bound to be some interviews.

If she took on some of May's dress sense that would be good.

[Jack Knave]

I'd put money on Nigel making a comeback before too long.

I wouldn't.

[Jack Knave]

I was at the Question Time broadcast from Eastleigh after Chris Huhne's resignation. She just reiterated the usual UKIP rubbish.

Your lack of fish in your diet has really addled your brain.

[Hope]

The Referendum was the largest and fairest democratic vote in our history.  Fortunately, the right side won.

I don't think that any other democratically-based organisation would have accepted such a small majority as a reason to - to all intents and purpioses - change their constitution.  As such, I'd suggest that it was a highly undemocratic vote from the outset, whether one believes the right or wrong side won.  At the same time, I'm not convinced that anyone won, because the divisions that have ensued are doing very little to help Britain back onto its feet.