How Daft Is This, Who Would Be Encouraged To Vote Ukip, By Simply Bribing Them With A Sausage Roll?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/569664/Ukip-sausage-rolls-police-investigate

[Svejk]

Not a Muslim.

[EcclesCake]

McFluff?

[VHG]

Its not daft.

It is to stop candidates providing all sorts of "goodies" (free food, free drink, fancy meal in a restaurant, free gifts and so on) that may influence voters.

Sausage rolls may seem trivial, but if you allow SOME food to be offered where does it stop. If it is ok to offer sausage rolls, can you then offer alcoholic drinks, or a three course meal, a free ipad and so on.

Best to say you can offer NOTHING and that makes it clear to everyone.

[Gromit]

Tripe would have been more appropriate.

[Prudie]

Some people would be daft enough to vote according to whether they got a free sausage roll or not (the bribery bit is not daft) - after all some apparently pick a supermarket just for a free coffee.

[-Talbot-]

Jimmy's hair is looking well.


oh yeah...ridiculous!

[Prudie]

where have you been without a bye your leave?

[-Talbot-]

Holiday...I like to slip away quietly, Prudie.

[jno]

VHG is right. The rule's no secret and candidates shouldn't be caught out by it. (I'm doing this one the courtesy of accepting he wasn't really trying to bribe anyone.)

[Old_Geezer]

Depends. Was it a good sausage roll ?

[Prudie]

I'm pretty sure the daft bit AOG was referring to was whether voters could be swayed by food - not the act of offering such things which anyone who works in the public sector knows is against the rules.

[mikey4444]

Personally, I wouldn't be tempted to vote for Farage and his shower for a solid gold Rolex watch !

[handyguy]

I would rather vote for satan himself than UKIP, let alone for a sausage roll.

[sunny-dave]

It starts with a sausage roll, but before we know where we are Wee Alex Salmon wull be stuffing his Scotch Eggs down our throats ...

[handyguy]

I'd like to stuff something down Cameron's throat alright.

[Alex99]

Whatever next, Porkie Pies from the Tories ?

[ichkeria]

Who knows. Some people think Ed Miliband might not be up to being PM because, probably like most people, he doesn't look too cool while trying to get his mouth round a greasy bacon roll
It's a mystery ...

[Alex99]

I wouldn't buy a used car from him Ichkeria

[DaisyNonna]

Would be tempted to eat it (medical low fat diet) and then vote for someone else, claiming Ukip was endangering my health (and safety)

[DaisyNonna]

How about offering a fair and workable manifesto?