Is It Now Time For Ukip To Call It A Day?

[sp1814]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42767657

I don't think there's any point in the party existing, apart from giving us a laugh.

Without looking at their website, can anyone name five of their policies?

[Zacs-Master]

Omnishambles doesn’t come close, does it.

[ToraToraTora]

Yes their work is done, they have achieved their aim, been the most successful party in history. They should disband.

[Jackdaw33]

Yes.

1. Leave the EU.
2. Leave the EU.
3. Leave the EU.
4. Leave the EU.
5. Leave the EU.

[Zacs-Master]

6. Hang around unnecessarily like a fart in a spacesuit.

[douglas9401]

I'm coming very late to this story, I tend to get my comedy fix at 6:30 on Radio 4 but, how does what an ex girlfriend does intrude upon the life and career of their former slobberer in chief?

Seems perverse.

[ichkeria]

Bring back grammar schools
Bring back capital punishment
Big increase in defence spending
Big tax cuts
Find and bring Nigel back
(The first 4 are guesses - the last is a joke as I couldn’t think of any others)

[Jackdaw33]

Sounds like a plan to me, ich.

[Old_Geezer]

As stated every time the same question is asked. We aren't out yet so of course there's a point. That stated, no one there seems close to the ability Farage had to advance the agenda.

As for other policies, that's up to them to reinvent themselves after Brexit if they feel they wish to. I'm unsure that there is a desire for a further right wing party though.

[ichkeria]

Looks like Henry’s on the way out.
I believe Nigel’s been quoted as saying he wants a new anti Brexit party. The problem with that is it’ll just attract all the ukippers :-)
I wonder btw if Nigel is going to explain what was on the USB sticks he seems to have been snuggling in to Assange in the Ecuadorean embassy last year. That’s almost as intriguing as the UKIP soap opera

[Jackdaw33]

//I believe Nigel’s been quoted as saying he wants a new anti Brexit party. \\

Are you sure about that? Pro-Brexit party, surely.

[gulliver1]

Not to sure about UKIP, but I think it is time for Nigel Farage to call it a day.
Now he has been suspected of slipping a thumb nail of data to Julian Assage , also Farage has been a frequent visitor to tha Ecuadorian Embassy .

[ichkeria]

Pro Brexit yes sorry !!

[ichkeria]

Yes gulliver these visits have been known about for a long time but it’s come up in the Mueller enquiry now

[mikey4444]

Something has occurred to me. At the moment, UKIP are still raking in a large fortune every month, from their salaries as MEPs and AMs. So this may be a significant factor in why they are still blundering.

But I have a feeling that they will implode completely soon enough. The old adage is that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't all the people, all of the time, and that time is fast approaching. They have no real power left. The only skills that they still hold onto is providing us with this never-ending comedy performance, which I am grateful for !

I, too, would like to know why Farage has been having clandestine meeting with Assange, if indeed he has.

[mikey4444]

Just seen that UKIP's ruling national executive committee (NEC) has unanimously backed a vote of no confidence in party leader Henry Bolton.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42767657

So, my best guess is that he will be gone by mid-week, if not sooner.

So The Dance continues.

[ichkeria]

Farage was caught coming out of the embassy in 2016 by a uk journalist. I don’t think he was arranging his visa for Quito

[emmie]

don't discount Farage, he has some life in him still.

[ichkeria]

I’d suggest to Henry that if a frankly rather dull looking balding ex service type can pull a stunna like Ms Marney then maybe his talents lie outside politics

[sp1814]

Bolton left his wife and two young children when he started the affair with the glamour model Jo Marney.

I've never believed in karma before, but...

[mikey4444]

Itchy...never misunderstand the charm of a wealthy, potentially useful ugly man !