Neil Hamilton

[Lincoln Imp]

Taking the Mick ? Just how gullible are you?

...er

 

[spring hall convert]

Even the press wouldn't confuse taking the mick out of the Germans as anti Semitism although the Mirror/Guardian might have a go.

Yeah, I suppose it is hilarious isn't it.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Taking the Mick ? Just how gullible are you?

Apparently he was there with his then Conservative colleague Julian Lewis who is Jewish with family killed in the holocaust. There are plenty of reasons to dislike him but adding anti Semitism based on this incident is a bit desperate/silly.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Yeah, I suppose it is hilarious isn't it.

You missed the irony italics then.

I thought that electing anti Semites or friends of terrorists was worse than electing the odious Mr Hamilton would be an uncontroversial view .. apparently not.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Why does every thread that mentions something unacceptable about Ukip or the Tories end up with "yes but what about Labour!?". Nobody can defend this scumbag being involved in politics. It's not about Labour, it's about him being a total wrong un who nobody should touch with a barge pole. And I'm not a Labour supporter.

 

[knocky1]

There is a need for a Taffy Martin Bell to stand in a white suit and rid the Valleys of such vermin.

 

[spring hall convert]

You missed the irony italics then.

I thought that electing anti Semites or friends of terrorists was worse than electing the odious Mr Hamilton would be an uncontroversial view .. apparently not.

I have difficult telling when you are being ironic. For instance, I thought your first post on this thread was an attempt at irony. Apparently not.

 

[Cian]

Reckless elected also. Does having some connection with your area not have any relevance anymore? Newport is a bit far from Rochester!

 

[beorhthelm]

There is a need for a Taffy Martin Bell to stand in a white suit and rid the Valleys of such vermin.

voted through on PR, so no way to rid him unless UKIP lose proportion of the vote and even then may be high on the party list.

 

[LlcoolJ]

voted through on PR, so no way to rid him unless UKIP lose proportion of the vote and even then may be high on the party list.

Probably is as he's Deputy Chairman of the party! WTF.

 

[nicko31]

Really hope UKIP don't disappear after their defeat on 23rd June, they do a great job in getting the dregs out of the Tory party.

 

[tinycowboy]

Why does every thread that mentions something unacceptable about Ukip or the Tories end up with "yes but what about Labour!?"

Ironically, this logical fallacy is very popular in Russia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

 

[glasfryn]

Despicable person on many levels, shows haw little people know about the people they are voting for. Grim.

UKIP eh!
god this country is really going to the dogs if he has got in anywhere

 

[Titanic]

A classic example of why I loathe PR systems with party lists full of toadies and lickspittles too cowardly and weak to stand up and be counted on their own merits.

 

[Cian]

A classic example of why I loathe PR systems with party lists full of toadies and lickspittles too cowardly and weak to stand up and be counted on their own merits.

List systems are a method of having PR that still benefits the big parties - allowing them to put the unelectables in at the top of the list.

Large constituency transferable vote works fairly close to proportional, allows some level of local input which reducing actual parish pump, pothole filling nonsense and allows you to vote (or not) for specific people. Somewhere between 7 and 9 seats seems to be a decent number - allows your 10% parties to get seats consistently, allows strong local independents to get in but reduces the chance of single issue localist loons.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Odd that Proportional Representation works in such a way to secure the election of those with no sense of proportion.