Reasons why a UKIP vote is a good vote

[particle-jim]

yeh but muslim subway is just the beginning. next we'll have muslim metro... where does it end?

Islamic mag-lev probably

[m8son666]

Woo got one mp and only lost out on another by 600 odd seats, good day for for British politics imo

[Samuel_L_Damnson]

Gonna start a new alias called nigel garage

[jaydot]

One more strike and I'm out appaz so I'll refrain from talking about race etc cos I rly don't want to be banned (I mean where else would II glean soundcloud followers?)

[wub]

[garethom]

UKIP MP would be good to give them a kick up the arse

My worry about the "kick up the arse" theory is that we'll see the mainstream parties take on more "extreme" POVs and policies to placate potential UKIP voters, and then we'll see an elected government basically become UKIP anyway.

[magma]

UKIP MP would be good to give them a kick up the arse

My worry about the "kick up the arse" theory is that we'll see the mainstream parties take on more "extreme" POVs and policies to placate potential UKIP voters, and then we'll see an elected government basically become UKIP anyway.

Yes, exactly.

The best way to turn politicians into a racists is to demonstrate that you'll vote for racists.

[magma]

I honestly don't get the UKIP protest vote.

Was it Stewart Lee or Charlie Brooker that said something like "it's like protesting about the bed you're sleeping in by doing a massive shit in it and then realising you've now got to sleep with a massive shit."

Protest vote for nicer people you twats.

[test_recordings]

My mate's dad's Jewish and he voted for the BNP in protest.

People aren't protest voting UKIP though, they find one thing they like that they say and they're happy. Even if it contradicts something else they said, the people that vote for them aren't checking obviously. They don't even have a manifesto, no-one knows what they really stand for.

I'd be quite interested to know why people vote for them actually

[wub]

My mate's dad's Jewish and he voted for the BNP in protest

People aren't protest voting UKIP though, they find one thing they like that they say and they're happy.

Why not find one policy the greens have you agree with? Or the Monster Raving Looney party (or whatever their equivalent is).

[hubb]

Ofcourse it's still protest voting.

They are protesting that anything could be as relevant as their hatred, that they struggle with constantly.

[faultier]

don't see what's so puzzling about UKIP et al stealing the "traditional" parties cakes all over europe

economic crisis + growing inequality + populism, there you go

stop acting like most people vote rationnally

[hubb]

tbf it's more of a mainland europe thing..

thats one of the good bits about the uk superiority complex

[hubb]

but im totally with you in that europeans should understand the principle, where a rightwing party share a lot of middleground on a lot of policies but only ever has one agenda that really matters to them..

it's just like the ss initially

[faultier]

not sure i get whats the difference between uk and mainland in that regard

[Bass_Jacka]

I have Russian Jewish ancestry (on my mothers side - full English on my fathers), and UKIP have my full support - I am most certainly not racist, nor am I xenophobic.

UKIP have my full support for various reasons.

But what really gets me is this; You (anyone opposing UKIP) claim UKIP to be a racist party simply for having views that don't fit with your own left wing agenda. Any party or organisation that holds right wing views are shouted down as if their views are inferior to those held by the left.

What I'd like to know is, who exactly appointed you (lefties) moral and spiritual guardians? Who declared that your views are anymore valid or important than mine? Simply because I hold right wing beliefs and views, it doesn't give you (lefties) the authority to call me racist, xenophobic or bigoted - and trust me, I am neither of them - if you saw my circle of friends you would know this.

I've read through some of these comments (too many to read them all) and I can't actually find anyone that's posted any factual evidence to show UKIP as a racist party.....

What is it about UKIP that you all (lefties) so vehemently oppose..... What exactly gives you the right to brazenly brandish UKIP and it's supporters racists? I'm interested to know what leads you to make such bold statements.

Recent polls show that support for UKIP is almost outweighing that of any other party, to me this shows that soon the left wing view will be the minority view in the UK. A vote for UKIP certainly is not a protest vote - they said this at the European elections (which they won by the way) - they still continue to do extremely well in the polls and by-elections, yet you (lefties) still bleat on about a UKIP vote being a protest vote - stop kidding yourselves.

And Hubb - making a comparison between the SS and UKIP makes you look nothing more than a moron.

[magma]

After 55 pages, this 'bout to go POAST.

[wub]

if you saw my circle of friends you would know this.

Are some of them black?

[faultier]

I have Russian Jewish ancestry

tbf so do a vast majority of israelis and they all seem fine with apartheid 2.0

[magma]

UKIP have my full support for various reasons.

I'll bite. What are your various reasons?