06/05/2014
Courtesy of
The Boiling Frog, the question arises once again as to whether we should support UKIP in the coming euro-elections, or at all.
What brings this into sharp focus is the question of how we exit from the EU. Not unreasonably, says
TBF, we had assumed that this had been resolved by UKIP. Farage made clear that we would need to invoke Article 50 and rightly so for reasons that have been well rehearsed here and elsewhere.
However as can be seen in the image above, policy consistency within UKIP on how to exit is still frustratingly elusive. The image has been scanned in by
TBF from a UKIP newspaper article entitled "We Expose The Top 10 Myths About The EU".
The paper was delivered to
TBF today along with an election leaflet as part of a campaign for the upcoming Euro elections. Given that the newspaper had not been "localised" in any way we can only assume it has been sent to households across the country as part of a nation-wide campaign.
We share with
TBF puzzlement on why a UKIP newspaper directly contradicts Farage himself on major party policy. In addition, it is an idea that prompts a "head in the hands" moment that we can undo 40 years of integration, trade agreements and regulation in one single day and carry on as normal. This is simply beyond a joke.
Sadly, the stupidity offered by UKIP comes not organically but from the
Better off Out website, sponsored by the Freedom Association, demonstrating once again that this organisation is not a serious player.
But for this to find its way into a national UKIP publicity document does create that unwelcome challenge, as to whether we could even think of supporting the party.
Clearly, we cannot support or allow ourselves to be associated with it, as long as it projects these views illustrated above. If these ideas gain a foothold in a referendum campaign, we shall lose.
But there is another dimensions to this. If UKIP cares enough to want the support of people like
TBF and myself, it must project a message that appeals to us. It will end its stupidity and work towards a sensible exit plan. In this sense, support is a two-way street. But, if on the other hand, if UKIP doesn't want our support, it really cannot complain if it doesn't get it.
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